03 Feb 2024 evening – Sadhu Sanga Mahima (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Sadhu Sanga Mahima: the glories of association with the sadhu.
  • Sloka: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila 22.54).
  • Sloka: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ kṛṣṇa-prema janme, teṅho punaḥ mukhya aṅga (CC Madhya-lila 22.83).
  • The different types of sadhus: jnani-sadhus, karmi-sadhus, bhakta-sadhus.
  • Sambandhatmika-bhakti and kamatmika-bhakti.
  • What is better? Feeling that “I belong to Krsna” or that “Krsna belongs to me?” Krsna belongs to me is better, this is mamata (feeling of possessiveness).
  • The definition of love through the Sloka: ananya-mamatā viṣṇau mamatā prema-saṅgatā (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.4.2).
  • Ekantik-radha-nistha: being completely one-pointed with Srimati Radhika.
  • On the meaning of the Sloka: “anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum anāśritya vṛndāṭavīḿ tat-padāńkam…” by Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami (Svavali, 1).
  • The highest place –Radha Kunda – and the place we should never go to, Sakhi Stali, the place of Candravali.
  • Radha-krpa: the mercy of Sri Radha.
  • Song: śrī kṛṣṇa gopāla hare mukunda govinda he nanda-kiśora kṛṣṇa hā śrī yaśodā-tanaya prasīda śri ballavī-jīvana rādhikeśa (Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛtam 2.4.7 ).
  • Sloka that talks about the beautiful forms of Krsna.
  • Learn Slokas to acquire good samskaras (spiritual impressions).
  • Mosquitoes and other animals also exist in Goloka Vrndavana, however, there they all have transcendental bodies composed of sat-cit-ananda (knowledge, eternity and bliss).
  • Sloka: cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhir abhipālayantam (Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā, 29).
  • The trees of the material world bear ordinary fruits, in Goloka Vrndavana they are trees that grant all desires.
  • ⁠In the transcendental world everyone is serving Radha and Krsna and assisting in Their lilas.
  • The different types of maan.
  • The lila of Krsna trying to defeat the maan (transcendental wrath) of Srimati Radhika with the sound of His flute.
  • Maya also means krpa (mercy).

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