26/02/24 morning walk – Questions and Answers (English) – Porto Alegre, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Meaning of bhava-matra. – Nitya-lila, eternal pastimes, and naimitika-lila, transitory pastimes. – The story of Ramacandra Kaviraja. – The conception of material intelligence is not capable of conceiving the lilas of the Lord. – Verse: nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo (Mundaka Upanisad 3.2.3). – Gaura-lila and Vrndavana-lila happen simultaneously. – Navadvipa-lila is nitya-lila, but Mahaprabhu’s sannyasa lila is naimitika-lila. – The asta-kaliya-lila of Mahaprabhu, from Ksetradvipa Dhama. – The Lord grants His darsan only at the bhava stage, and the sadhaka, at that time, exhibits characteristic symptoms. – This material body does not support prema. – Aropa-siddha-bhakti, sangha-siddha-bhakti and svarupa-siddha-bhakti. – The twenty-six qualities of the Vaisnavas. – Sanatana Gosvami’s questions to Mahaprabhu. – Meditation on one’s own soul is a necessary process for beginner practitioners, even though it is self-imposed. – The initiation process – diksa – is completed only in the bhava stage, atma-samarpana (complete surrender). – The ultimate example of atma-samarpana is Srimati Radhika. – Verse: āśliṣya vā pāda-ratāṁ pinaṣṭu mām (Sri Siksastakam 8). – The sastras are specific as to when to reject a husband/wife, parents, guru, etc. – Verse: varṇāśramācāra-vatā puruṣena paraḥ pumān (CC Madhya-lila 8.58). – If you follow varnasrama dharma, Visnu -bhakti will manifest.