30/03/24 evening – The Nectar of Immortality (English translation) – Kashinagar, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Gurudeva mentions Srimad Bhagavatam and the four Vedas: Rig, Sama, Yajur and Atharva Veda.
  • Song: Govinda Damodara Madhaveti.
  • Lila of the parrot Sukha calling for Krsna, and Krsna asks him to sing “Radhe Radhe”.
  • The glories of Srimati Radhika’s names are greater than those of Krsna’s name.
  • About Varsana, the birthplace of Srimati Radharani.
  • There is no difference between siksa-guru (form of God, rupa) and diksa-guru (manifestation of God, svarupa).
  • Everyone who is born in this material world will have to leave it. The moment of death for everyone is already predestined.
  • This world is dukha-mayi-jagad (world full of sorrows).
  • Ruci (taste) for Harikatha does not arise if the person has a contaminated heart.
  • He who has many sins cannot pronounce the name of God.
  • If you repeatedly chant the Holy Names, all your sins will be destroyed.
  • Vaisnava-aparadha is something extremely dangerous.
  • The mood of repentance is very important to obtain the darsana of the Deity.
  • Katha on Bhagavatam: the cow that steps on the green grass and falls into the hidden well. Maya decorates everything very well in this world with the five sense objects, but it causes a lot of pain.
  • Sukadeva Gosvami Pada tells his pastimes to Pariksit Maharaja.
  • Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.31.9).
  • The nectar of immortality through hearing.
  • The three types of listeners of Harikatha: sorota – tool that breaks the betel nut, that is, those who do not listen and still get in the way by talking about worldly things; srota – those who listen; sota – those who sleep.
  • The funny story of Gurudeva with the brahmacari who slept in the same place and snored a lot.

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