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.
