30/12/23 evening – Chant the Holy Names and Listen to Harikatha (English) – Caraguatatuba, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja 

– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada took diksa from Srila Gaura Kisora ​​Dasa Babaji Maharaja.

– Verse: tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam (ŚB 11.3.21).

– Pranama-mantra of Srila Gaura Kisora ​​Dasa Babaji Maharaja: namo gaura-kisoraya saksad vairagya-murtaye vipralambha-rasambudhe padambujaya te namah.

– Srila Gaura Kisora ​​Dasa Babaji Maharaja is the direct manifestation of renunciation and he savors vipralambha-rasa (higher mood of separation).

– Guru-nistha, guru-bhakti is the backbone of our spiritual practice.

– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada was fearless and preached against the Ramakrsna mission and all the arguments of the sahajiyas and sakhi-bekhis.

– Everyone should read the book “Upakhyane Upadesa” by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada.

– The story of the couple who needed to cross the river for the wedding ceremony.

– The three symptoms that arise for those who have bhakti.

– Example of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami’s bhakti.

– Mahaprabhu warned us not to perform monkey renunciation.

– The story of the hunter Mrigari.

– Verse: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau (CC Ādi 1.4).

– If you chant the holy names, serve guru and vaisnavas, little by little, Maya will disappear.

– The stages of bhakti, according to Srila Rupa Gosvami.

– Verse that defines sraddha (faith): śraddhā tv anyopāya-varjaṁ (Amnaya-sutra, 57).

– Verse: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya 22.54).

– Prahlada Maharaja calls Hiranyakashipu “the best of demons” and he is happy.

– The four types of anarthas that exist in the heart of the conditioned soul.

– Listen to harikatha and chant the holy names!

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