28/03/24 morning – Have Firm Faith in Sri Guru’s Words (English translation) – Contai, Bengal, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • We made a beautiful nagara-sankirtana!
  • ⁠Caitanya and Nitai traveled through all the villages absorbed in nama-sankirtana.
  • ⁠Sloja: harer nāma harer nāma (CC Madhya-lila 6.242).
  • ⁠God cannot be reached through knowledge and riches.
  • ⁠In Kali-yuga, the process to reach God is the chanting of the Holy Names.
  • ⁠You should start spiritual practice as long as your intelligence allows it. Druva started at 5 years old.
  • ⁠Without sadhu-sanga it is not possible to achieve the Lord’s mercy.
  • ⁠Agastya Rsi curses Indradyumna Maharaja to take the form of an elephant in the next life.
  • ⁠Astavakra Rsi curses the Gandharva Huhu to take the form of a crocodile in the next life.
  • ⁠The curse of the Rsis results in blessings.
  • ⁠The fight between the elephant Gajendra and the crocodile, and their salvation.
  • ⁠The Lord has given us eyes, mouth and limbs to serve Him.
  • ⁠Everything Sri Guru says is perfect, we must have unbreakable faith in his words.
  • ⁠Don’t challenge your Guru! Song: Asraya Koriya Bando Sri Guru Carana.
  • ⁠To enter bhajana deeply, it is necessary for a sincere feeling of regret and lamentation to emerge!
  • ⁠Sloka: patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ (Bhagavad Gita 9.26).
  • ⁠The crocodile was not devotee but was released first because he was clinging to the paws of the devotee elephant Gajendra.
  • ⁠Serve at the feet of Sri Guru!

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