01 Apr 2024 midday – The Difference Between Seva and Aparadha (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Sadhu-sanga happens when sukrti becomes mature and accumulated.
  • Proper renunciation (yukta-vairagya) and false renunciation, like a monkey (markata-vairagya, renunciation without self-realisation).
  • Renunciation only happens when the desire for sense gratification ends.
  • It is a great offence (aparadha) to receive money in the name of Krsna, or the Temple, and use it to maintain the enjoyment of your family. There is a specific type of hell only for those who practise these activities.
  • There is no point in having a trustworthy Guru and not following his instructions.
  • Guru-seva and bhajana without duplicity and hypocrisy are the only activities that can take us out of the material cycle of repeated births and deaths.
  • Grhastas have no right to collect donations for themselves. Those who can collect donations are the renounced, those who revert everything to the Temple, Guru and Krsna.