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01/02/24 evening – The Dedication of the Guru and Guru-Seva (English) – Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

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– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada said that it is not at all easy to bring a person to Krsna Consciousness.

– ⁠It is necessary to suspend five hundred gallons of blood to bring a person to Krsna Consciousness. Each gallon have more than four liters.

– ⁠Example of the worm that lives in feces and sometimes returns when removed. the souls conditioned to the material world are like this.

– ⁠Teachings contained in Uddhava Samvada.

– ⁠It is only possible to reach Krsna through bhakti-yoga, chant the Holy Names.

– ⁠Krsna says that one who attains His abode does not return to this material world.

– ⁠About the importance of associating with the sadhu. Story of the sadhu who chanted the Holy Names under a tree and instructed the birds.

– ⁠When the sadhaka has faith in the Guru and the mantra, energy (sakti) manifests and self-realization happens.

– ⁠Chant the Holy Names in association with the sadhu.

– ⁠Splendid sloka that Krsna Himself wrote for Jayadeva Gosvami: smara-garala-khaṇḍanaṁ mama śirasi maṇḍanam dehi pada-pallavam udāram (Gita Govinda).

– Story of Jayadeva Gosvami.

– ⁠Before reading Gita Govinda, you should read Bhakti-rasamrtra-sindhu and Ujjvala-nilamani by Rupa Gosvami.

– ⁠First of all, undergo the process of anartha-nivrtti (purification of the heart). Follow all the steps of sadhana-bhakti.

– ⁠Sloka: guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā sarva-labdhārpaṇena ca (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.7.30-31).

– ⁠Vapu-seva and vani-seva.

– ⁠Gaudiya are those who worship Gauri (Srimati Radhika).

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