08/01/24 evening – The Purpose of Human Life (English) – Bogota, Colombia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Human life is very rare. It is the only form among the 8 million and 400 thousand species that is capable of practicing spiritual life.
  • Verse: durlabho mānuṣo deho — dehināṁ kṣaṇa-bhaṅguraḥ (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.2.29)
  • Life should be destined for sadhana and bhajana, service to Hari, Guru and Vaisnavas.
  • Story of Bharata Maharaja.
  • Verse: ‘sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila 22.54).
  • Sadhu-sanga means performing bhajana and sadhana and serving Hari, Guru and Vaisnavas.
  • Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva (CC Madhya-lila 19.151-152).
  • How to water the bhakti seed? Listening to harikatha (smarana) and chanting (kirtana) the glories of Krsna.
  • Verse: śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ — smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.5.23-24).
  • Verse: śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ — puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ (Srimad Bhagavatam, 1.2.17).
  • The conversation between Lord Kapiladeva and Mother Devahuti. Verse: satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido — bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.25.25).
  • When practicing bhajana and sadhana two characteristics are manifested: klesa-ghni, (all types of sins disappear) and subadha (all good qualities appear little by little).
  • Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ (CC Madhya-lila 22.83).
  • The story of Mrgari.
  • History of Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada’s preaching in the West.
  • The six questions that Srila Sanatana Gosvami asked Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (CC Madhya-lila 20.103).
  • Verse: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke — jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ (Bhagavad Gita 15.7).
  • Verse: nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro (CC Madhya-lila 13.80).
  • In bhava-bhakti two leaves are manifested, sudurlabha (rarely achieved) and moksa-laghuta-krt (makes impersonal liberation seem insignificant).
  • Then, a third pair of leaves manifests: sandrananda-visesatma (its nature is made up of the most intense and superlative pleasure) and sri-krsna-akarsini (the only means of attracting Krsna).

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