- The aim of life is Goura-bhajana, otherwise we will be serving Maya.
- This world is full of sorrows, Maya is always applying the three types of miseries.
- Maya is never happy with our service and she always punishes us severely.
- When we serve God, Maya liberates us.
- Story of the sinner who, in hell, told the Yamadutas that they would worship his feet.
- Everyone, including animals, sleeps, mates, eats and defends themselves. What is the difference between humans and animals?
- Story of Ajamila, his fall, the name of his son, and his salvation.
- Don’t give your children meaningless names.
- There are ten types of samskaras (ceremonies for the stages of life).
- The difference between sukrti (spiritual pious merit) and punya (material pious merit).
- Service to Guru and Vaisnavas generates sukrti.
- After collecting sukrti for thousands of lives one attains sadhu-sanga.
- Ajamila is approached by three yamadutas (representatives of sins committed through the mind, words, actions); and by four visnudutas (representatives of the conch shell, cakra, mace and lotus flower of Visnu).
- Yamaraja instructs the Yamadutas not to approach those who chant the Holy Names.
- All sins are found inside the grains on the day of ekadasi.
- Don’t compare yourself to God!
- Mahaprabhu’s lila honoring Jagannatha’s rice prasada only at the time of breaking the ekadasi fast.
- Sloka: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (Brahma Samhita 5.1).
- Songs: Hari Haraye Nama Krsna Yadavaya Namaha and Suddha Bhakata Carana Reno.
28 Mar 2024 evening – Serve Guru and Krsna (English translation) – Contai, West Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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