02/03/24 morning – The Power of the Holy Names (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 2

  • The acarya founder of our Gaudiya mission is Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada.
  • Preaching without practicing bhajana and sadhana is useless, fruitless. Therefore we must practice and then preach.
  • To defeat the Mayavadi philosophy, one must understand it.
  • Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu established the acintya-bheda-abheda-tattva philosophy.
  • The jivas (souls) are eternal, minute, portions of the Lord, and will never be transformed into Brahma.
  • Meaning of BODY (body) in English: b (birth: born), o (old: grows old), d (diseases: diseases), y (Yamaharaja: the lord of death will pick it up and take it to Yama Loka).
  • Material things are subject to change, while the soul is eternal and immutable.
  • Acintya means: that which cannot be understood through material arguments.
  • The three inconceivable things with mystical powers present in the material world: stones, mantras and herbs.
  • Everyone wants money, so chant the Holy Names and the money will come!
  • The Holy Names grant dharma (religiosity), artha (economic development), kama (enjoyment) and moksa (liberation).
  • Try to understand this: the Holy Names are very powerful!
  • Have faith that the Lord is our eternal well-wisher and He knows everything that is happening to each one of us.
  • Story of Gurudeva with three brahmacaris when they went to preach in Nepal.
  • The story of the king who lost his finger, which Srila Gaura Govinda Maharaja tells to demonstrate how the Lord is our eternal well-wisher.
  • We should always chant Hare Krsna and think about how to reach the abode of the Lord.
  • If you go to Dhama, don’t stay for too long, because the nature of the conditioned soul is to point out other people’s faults, and these bad habits will come.
  • In a large festival, a list must be made where each person must become responsible for a specific service, that’s the only way it works.

Advanced Search

Select Videos by Month

Discover more from Vanamadhuryam Video Archive

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading