03/03/24 morning – Sadhu-sanga is Very Powerful! (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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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.
