26 Jan 2024 morning – Sweet Glorifications of New Vraja – Maha-tirtha Becomes the Place Where Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja Stepped (English) – New Vraja, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja was very fond of this place.
Beautiful sloka: bhavad-vidhā bhāgavatās tīrtha-bhūtāḥ (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.10) — “My Lord, devotees who are like Yourself are truly the embodiment of holy places. By carrying the Supreme Personality of Godhead in their hearts, You transform all places into places of pilgrimage”.
The pure devotees travel all over the world to purify the Earth.
Bhakti always wants more, is like a greedy, hungry person. When Bhakti manifests in the heart, we want more and more bhakti.
Narada Muni asks Lord Visnu as a blessing that, when Bhakti manifests in the hearts, may the yearning for bhakti increase more and more.
Funny Bengali proverb about gluttony for yoghourt.
Karma and jnana end, but bhakti increases, only increases, more and more. This is the characteristic of Bhakti.
Sloka: bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra caiṣa trika eka-kālaḥ (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.2.42) — “Devotion, direct experience of the Supreme Lord, and detachment from other things: these three occur simultaneously to one who has taken shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, just as pleasure, nourishment, and relief from hunger come simultaneously and increasingly, with each bite, to a person committed to eating”.
Three symptoms that Bhakti has manifested in the heart: seva-vrtti (tendency to serve); anubhava (realisation); detachment for sense gratification. Bhakti leads to the Supreme Lord.
There is aisvarya-bhakti and madhurya-bhakti, but only madhurya of the residents of Vraja controls Krsna.
Sloka: na pāraye ’haṁ niravadya-saṁyujāṁ (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.32.22) — “I am not able to pay My debt for your impeccable service even during a lifetime of Brahma. Your connection with Me is beyond reproach. You worshipped Me, cutting off all domestic ties, which are difficult to break. Therefore, please let your own glorious deeds be your compensation”.
A chaste woman never abandons the rules of society, but the gopis abandoned everything for Krsna.
Krsna’s beautiful lila putting kajal on the eyes of the gopi who ran to meet Him.
Song: Govinda Damodara Madhaveti.
Vrajavasis have two characteristics: absorption in according to one’s own rasa by Krsna.
The difference between vaisnava-prayi (looks vaisnava) and visayi-prayi (looks materialistic).
Everyone should receive diksa, siksa, practice sadhana and serve the Guru.
