09/12/23 morning – The Dark Well of Family Life (English translation) – Bhavanagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Story about the meeting between Srila Lokanatha Dasa Gosvami and Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura.
  • Guru and Bhagavan are giving mercy, but many times the devotee does not want to accept it.
  • Everyone is burning in the fire of samsara, but everyone forgets about it.
  • The story of the man who was about to fall into a well in analogy with family life.
  • Lila das gopis, Krsna and His flute.
  • Control your senses, only then will your mind not be disturbed.
  • If in one life you are brahmacari (celibate devotee), naturally, in the next, you will be firm and have no desire to enter family life.
  • We need to see to believe how much this world is full of unhappiness and disturbances.
  • Maya tries to attract and captivate souls in this world in different ways.
  • Story of Puranjana (representing the soul) and the palace with nine gates: description contained in Srimad Bhagavatam.
  • The complexity and beauty of the human body.
  • Ninety-eight percent of all families have daily fights between husband and wife.
  • Do bhakti, then jnana (knowledge) and vairagya (renunciation) will come naturally.
  • After listening, you need to follow the sadhu’s instructions, don’t go towards Maya!
  • Bhajana means service: chanting the holy names regardless of the current situation you are in.
  • Couples who separate always think that the next spouse will be better than the previous one, but that is a lie!
  • Reading the translation of the Bengali song: Gurudeva Kabe Tava Karuna, by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
  • By doing bhajana, little by little you will achieve self-realization. It is necessary to abandon the material ego.
  • The more you do bhajana, the more you will understand how sad this material world is, and the closer you will become to the Lord.
  • Take shelter in Sri Guru, the boatman, and in the chanting of the holy names, the boat.

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