21/04/24 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 3 (English translation) – Somnath, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Celebrating the pastimes of Vamanadeva Bhagavan.
- Srimad Bhagavatam is a manifestation of the Lord.
- When the stage comes for a person to free themselves from this world, they reach sadhu-sanga and listen to Harikatha.
- Reaching the human body is rare, and even rarer is reaching sadhu-sanga.
- Kapiladeva’s beautiful instructions to mother Devahuti.
- The pure sadhu utters the transcendental sound on his instructions.
- Lila by Dhruva Maharaja and Narada Muni.
- Practice bhajana from childhood, when health helps.
- By practicing, little by little, we become detached and reach the Lord.
- At the time of death, what the mind clings to, the person’s state of consciousness forms the next body.
- About the life of Bharata Maharaja, who had already reached the bhava stage.
- About the stages of sadhana-bhakti: sradha, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriya and etc.
- When bhava manifests in the heart, nine external symptoms appear.
- The symptoms of bhava are: kṣāntir avyartha-kālatvaṁ viraktir māna-śūnyatā… (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.3.25-26).
- Bharata Maharaja gets attached to a baby deer and is born as a deer.
- Feed your soul with Bhagavad-katha.
- Afterwards, Bharata Maharaja is born as Jada Bharata and lives a lila with Kali Devi.
- The soul is like a bird trapped in a cage, don’t just feed the cage, feed the soul with Bhagavad-katha.
- The body that the soul receives when it goes to one of the hells is a body that suffers, does not die, and continues to suffer.
- The chanting of the Holy Names frees us from going to hell: story of Ajamila. And follow Ekadasi.
