31/12/23 evening – Sadhu-sanga and Nama-sankirtana (English) – Caraguatatuba, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

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  • The great mystery of this life is that every day we see people and animals die but we don’t think we are going to die.
  • Practice devotional service.
  • Maya’s arrest.
  • He who has faith, sradha in Sri Krsna, is qualified to practice bhakti.
  • Gurudeva comes to remind us that the spontaneous nature of the soul is to serve.
  • Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’ ‘bhedābheda-prakāśa (CC Madhya 20.108-109).
  • The five types of knowledge.
  • In Kali-yuga we can see God through the ears, through the harikatha.
  • With sadhana and bhajana the mind is not disturbed.
  • Sloka: kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.28).
  • The pastime that Vyasadeva seems to have his mind disturbed by happens only to teach us.
  • Arjuna also says he has a disturbed mind in Kuruksetra and this lila also happens just to teach us.
  • Be in satsanga, says Kapiladeva to his mother.
  • Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada talks about the three monkeys.
  • Story of a king and his barber.
  • Srila Bhaktivinoda resolved the doubts of the demigods regarding a verse.
  • Midnight on New Year’s Eve and people are celebrating with fireworks, a light that goes out in seconds. We should celebrate with the light of nama-sankirtana and harikatha.

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