22/01/24 evening – Human Birth Is Very Rare (Hindi) – Los Angeles, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- How do we know that human birth is rare?
- Verse: labdhvā su-durlabham idaṁ bahu-sambhavānte (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.9.29).
- Human birth is extremely rare, as it is only granted after the soul has passed through eight million and four hundred thousand species of life.
- Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ (CC Madhya-lila 20.108-109).
- Verse: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ — kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.28).
- Accepting the shelter of a trustworthy Guru is the only way to get to know God.
- Verse: tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta — jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.3.21).
- Song: Śrī-Guru-Caraṇa-Padma, by Narottama Dasa Thakura.
- Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ (CC Madhya-lila 22.83).
- Sadhu-sanga is listening to Harikatha.
- Verse: sādhu-saṅga, nāma-kīrtana, bhāgavata-śravaṇa — mathurā-vāsa, śrī-mūrtira śraddhāya sevana (CC Madhya-lila 22.128).
- Song: Ohe! Vaiṣṇava Ṭhākura, by Srila Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura.
- Verse: bhaktis tu bhagavad-bhakta-saṅgena parijāyate (Brihan-naradiya Purana 4.33).
- Song: mahā-prasāde govinde nāma-brahmaṇi vaiṣṇave (CC Madhya-lila 11.209).
- Consciously or unconsciously, the effect of maha-prasada is established.
- Story of the mouse that ate the ghee lamp offered to the Deity.
- Song: Suniyachi Sadhu Mukhe, by Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura.
- The process of attaining service at the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika.
- Prayer to Srimati Radhika: Śrī Rādhā-kṛpā-kaṭākṣa-stava-rāja, sung by Lord Siva to Parvati.
- Song: Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Prāṇa Mora, by Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura.
