27 Mar 2024 evening – Introduction to Sri Bhagavat-saptaha (English translation) – Contai, Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Greetings to the assembled devotees.
- Narada Rishi questions Vishnu about where He resides.
- About how many years people spend on various activities in their lives and how many years are left for spiritual practice.
- Sanatana Gosvami asked Mahaprabhu: ke āmi’ – “who am I?” (CC Madhya-lila 20.102).
- Are vā atma draṣṭavyaḥ śrotavyaḥ mantavyah nididhyāsitavyah (Sama-samhita).
- Try to understand your soul.
- The human body is the temple of diseases.
- The story of how a sinner went to heaven for 24 minutes.
- There are more than 20 types of hells.
- Time spent on bhajana and sadhana does not take away our life span.
- If one has the desire in his heart to listen to bhagavat-katha, the Lord sits in his heart.
- Shivaji is the first speaker of Bhagavatam.
- 4 faults of conditioned souls: bhrama, pramada, vipralipsa, karana-apatava.
