10/11/23 midday – Visiting Beloved Family of Several Generations of Devotees (English translation) – Mathura, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Life is passing by. Laksmana asks Lord Rama, who is Bhagavan, about what will happen in the future. Ramacandra replies that destiny is unpredictable.
  • In the material world so many are being born and dying, but no one thinks about death.
  • If we are born, we will have to leave this world, that is the rule of the material world.
  • The leaves on the tree laugh at those that are falling. But, they too will have to fall and rot in the ground.
  • Before leaving this world, one must do bhajana to Bhagavan.
  • Dambhanda-lila: mother Yasoda ties Krsna with the rope, this lila is also called Yasoda Damodara.
  • Radha tied Krsna with the garland of flowers that She gave to Him, this dambhanda-lila is called Radha Damodara.
  • By chanting the holy names one reaches the abode of the Lord.
  • We should follow Ekadasi from the age of 8 to 80.
  • Lila of Srivasa Thakura’s son who abandons his body.
  • All inauspiciousness is destroyed with the kirtan of the holy names.
  • Anyone who dies during the month of Kartika does not return to the cycle of births and deaths.

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