13 Nov 2023 afternoon – Jiva Tattva, Parikara Tattva and Dipavali (English+Hindi) – Govardhana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1

PART 2

• Bhajana-kriya, the purification of the sadhaka, happens by continually listening to harikatha.
• Upon reaching the stage of rati (attachment to Krsna) the heart becomes completely purified.
• The jivas manifest from Baladeva Prabhu.
• The Lord and His cit-sakti, maya-sakti and jiva-sakti powers.
• Manifestations of the Lord’s potency: svarupa sakti, are His parikaras (eternal companions).
• When the jiva is freed and goes to Goloka Vrndavana, it resembles the parikaras, as if it were visuddha-sattva, but it is called parikara-bole.
• The meaning of jiva-mukta-purusa.
• The parikaras are not affected by the three gunas of Maya.
• Krsna’s lilas and the decoration of His cows with pearls on Dipavali (Mukta-carita of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami).
• The meaning of offering ghee lamps on Dipavali.