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.
