- Harikatha is Sri Krsna himself.
- Who can control Sri Krsna, and who can control Srimati Radhika?
- First know your destination, where you want to go, and, after that, practice sadhana (appropriate process).
- The manjaris are always very close to Srimati Radhika.
- The service of the gopis and the service of the manjaris.
- Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva (CC Madhya-lila, 19.151).
- Between the nine limbs of bhakti, the three main ones are: sravana, kirtana and smarana (listening, chanting and remembering).
- When we practice kirtana, we practice the three main limbs of bhakti.
- Song: Vibhavari Sesa Aloka Pravesa.
- Story of a place that hadn’t rained for months, the population decided to do nama-sankirtana and among them was a single boy who had a lot of faith.
- Bhakti-lata-bija is Sri Krsna seva-vasana, the seed of devotion that the Guru places in your heart, sraddha.
- Verse: śraddhā-śabde viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.5).
- If the speaker realizes what he says, this harikatha is sabdha-brahma, has transcendental potency and is capable of infecting people.
- Self-realization is the best fulfillment.
- Story told by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura about a boy who had a stomach ache and the doctor asked him to come back three days later to receive the medicine.
- To teach, we need to follow what we say.
- Story of a brahmacari who preached a harikatha that made people very angry.
- Harikatha and mahaprasada, mahaprasada and harikatha!
- In Krsna Consciousness everyone should be enthusiastic about reading the Scriptures, chanting mantras, speaking harikatha, and serving without tiredness.
- Seek good association so that your mind is not disturbed.
03 Mar 2024 morning – Sadhu-sanga is Very Powerful! (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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