24 Dec 2023 midday – Guru Nistha and Guru Bhakti (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Krsna consciousness is learning to give love and affection.
  • The names and glories of the Bhagavad Gita.
  • The importance of following the Guru’s instructions.
  • With the Guru’s mercy, all achievements happen in the heart.
  • Story of a boy who thought he had no bhakti and said so to his guru.
  • Sri Krsna says to first glorify our master, and then Him.
  • Sri Krsna says that He will respond according to the person’s surrender.
  • The six stages of surrender, saranagati.
  • Laksmidevi was unable to enter the rasa dance, because She was unable to surrender completely.
  • The nistha of Srimati Radhika.
  • Hanuman’s nistha.
  • Description of various characteristics of the gopis.
  • Shivaji’s lila wanting to join the rasa dance.
  • Lessons about practical life and our attachments.
  • Lila of Sri Krsna and Narada Rsi disguised as master and disciple, going to the house of a rich person, and then of a poor person.
  • Sri Krsna gives us everything and we are afraid of losing, but at the right time, Sri Krsna will take everything from us, but we will not care.
  • Talk about spirituality according to the adhikara (qualification) of the audience.