12 Apr 2024 morning – Not Accepting the Shelter of the Spiritual Master Is Wasting Human Life (Hindi) – Ayodhya, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Without sadhu-sanga, association with the spiritual master, it is not possible to free oneself from the material world.
  • Tulasi Dasa says in Rama Carita Manasa: “I can even believe that by grinding sand someone made oil, but reaching the Lord without bhagavat-bhajan is impossible”.
  • No one will be able to cross the material ocean without the shelter and mercy of the Guru’s lotus feet, even if he has the knowledge of Brahma.
  • Bhaktisidhanta Sarasvati: “If someone meets a Guru and does not accept initiation, in the next life he will be born in an animal body.”
  • Narada Rsi’s lila visiting a family. The wife accepts initiation, the husband does not, in the next life she is a princess, he is an elephant.
  • By chanting the Holy Names the person encounters the Lord directly.
  • Sloka: nāma cintāmaṇiḥ kṛṣṇaś (CC Madhya-lila 17.133): there is no difference between the name of Hari and Hari himself.
  • In Kali-yuga the names of the Lord are more powerful than the Lord himself.
  • If we take one step towards Krsna, He will take ten steps towards us, but if we move away one step, Krsna will also take ten steps away from us.
  • Sloka: tat te ’nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.8): if any problem occurs, think that⁠ it is the Lord’s mercy.
  • Everyone remembers Krsna when they are sad, but no one remembers in happiness. But if the memory comes when you are happy, then there will be no sadness.