29 Jan 2024 evening – The Story of Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami (English) – Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed the Gosvamis to manifest the Deities, Krsna’s pastime places in Vrndavana, and also told them to manifest books on Vaisnava etiquette, Vaisnava-suddha-sadacara.
Srila Gopala Batta Gosvami collected the slokas of Sri Sampradaya, from where he and his family received diksa-mantras, and then he handed them over to Srila Sanatana Gosvamipada who manifested the book Hari-Bhakti-Vilasa.
The Batta family had Mahaprabhu’s darsan and invited Him to stay in their house for four months of caturmasya.
Mahaprabhu speaks to the Batta family about His Adorable Deity, Krsna.
Laksmi Devi performs austerities on the banks of the river Yamuna to try to enter rasa-lila.
Krsna has sixty-four qualities, four of which are unique: rupa, lila, venu and prema-madhurya (the sweetness of His form, His pastimes, His flute and His love).
The story of the salagrama-sila that Gopala Batta found, and who later manifested Himself as Sri Radha Ramana.
The three prominent Deities for the Gaudiya Vaisnavas: Govinda Deva (presides over abidheya, the process), Gopinatha (presides over the goal, prayojana) and Madhana Mohana (presides over the knowledge of relationship, sambandha).
The origin of the Deities Govinda Deva, Gopinatha and Madhana Mohana.
Radha Ramana is the combined form of Govinda, Gopinatha and Madhana Mohana.
