19 Feb 2024 evening – The Glories of Sadhu-Sanga (English) – Santiago, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Only through Guru’s mercy is it possible to have spiritual self-realisation.
- The meaning of associating with a satguru.
- The Four Sampradayas and their Acaryas.
- Verse: sādhu-saṅga sādhu-saṅga — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila 22.54)
- The glories of association with holy people (sadhus).
- Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ (CC Antya-lila 20.12)
- How to chant the pure Holy Names.
- Narada Rsi’s mercy transforms the lifestyle of the hunter Mrgari.
- Our permitted foods are prescribed in the Scriptures.
- Story of when Narada visited disciples who did not like listening to Harikatha.
- Verse: śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ — puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ (Śrimad Bhagavatam 1.2.17).
- Verse: nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro (CC Madhya-lila 13.80).
- Verse: ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo ’tha bhajana-kriyā (CC Madhya-lila 23.14-15).
- The mercy that Nityananda Prabhu bestows on Jagai and Madhai.
- Song: Akrodha Paramananda Nityananda Raya.
