25 Feb 2024 evening – Love and Affection on the Path of Bhakti (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– The gopis went from Vrndavana to Kuruksetra. – Verse: mayi bhaktir hi bhūtānām amṛtatvāya (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.82.44). – The feeling of “I belong to Him” is different from “He belongs to me”. – Sukadeva Gosvami recited Muchukunda-katha for Pariksit Maharaja. – Satsanga Mahima, the glories of being in association with a sadhu. – Material life and the cycle of births and deaths. – The glories of sadhu-sanga are described in all Vedic texts. – Sri Krsna-katha is very strong, enchanting, frees us from the three miseries of Maya. – All living beings seek Sri Krsna-katha, only a person with a very hard heart is not interested. – Sri Krsna Himself became engrossed in hearing about His lilas, melted with love and became in the form of Lord Jagannatha. – Sri Krsna only distributed prema in Vraja but, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, distributed it everywhere. – Verse: kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann asti hy eko mahān (Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.51). – Each era has a suitable process for reaching God. – In Kali-yuga many unwanted things happen, but this era has an excellent quality, the chanting of the Holy Names. – There are several types of sadhus. – Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa-bhāvitā matiḥ krīyatāṁ (CC Madhya-lila 8.70). – Song: Anaradhya Radha Padambhoja. – If you want to go to Vrndavana, chant the names of Srimati Radhika; if you want to go to Navadvipa, chant the names of Goura. – Gupta-Vrndavana, the expanded Vrndavana is Goura-dhama. – Goura-sadhus are the best sadhus.