04/02/24 afternoon – Vaishnava Seva (English) – South Florida, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Those who are born and are in Krsna consciousness are devotees who have worshipped Vasudeva Krsna-vigraha for at least 100 lives in a row.
  • Devotees think they are ordinary people, but they are not.
  • Verse: tṛṇād api sunīcenataror api sahiṣṇunāamāninā (Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam, 3)
  • The devotee must practise or he will fall.
  • It only takes two fingers to reach Goloka Vrndavana: vaisnava-seva and nama-sankirtana.
  • Verse: prabhu kahe, — “vaiṣṇava-sevā, nāma-saṅkīrtana (CC Madhya-lila 16.70)
  • A Vaisnava never considers himself a Vaisnava, but sees everyone as Vaisnavas.
  • Song Ohe Vaisnava Thakura.
  • How to follow a Vaisnava?
  • Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu manifested His Rasa-raja-mahabhava-svarupa to Raya Ramananda.
  • The eight sakis and their specific sevas.
  • Verse: devī kṛṣṇa-mayī proktā rādhikā para-devatā (CC Ādi-lila 4.83)
  • For the pleasure of Sri Krsna, Srimati Radhika Her eight main sakis.
  • Verse: ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis tābhir (Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā 37)
  • Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that we should always honour mahaprasada.

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