28/04/24 midday – The Power of Mantra (Hindi) – Delhi, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Story of a brahmana who received the gopal-mantra in a dream.
- The power of mantra.
- Story that Sivaji tells a poor brahmana to go and meet Sanatana Gosvami who was rich.
- All material things cause pain.
- Only krsna-prema (pure love for God) meets all our needs.
- Holy rivers destroy our sins and bless us.
- The blessings of pilgrimage sites.
- Maha-mantra: śrī kṛṣṇa gopāla hare mukunda… (Bṛhad- bhāgavatāmṛtam 2.4.7).
- The instruction is that we should not say to anyone the mantra that Sri Guru gave us, otherwise it loses its power.
- Story of Gopa Kumara and a brahmana.
- Mantra-siddhi, we chant mantras and the Deities begin to manifest in our heart.
- Description of the dawn in Vrndavana.
- Sri Krsna’s feet are everywhere in Vrndavana.
- Sukadeva Gosvami describes the beauty of Sri Krsna.
- Description of the love of the beings of Vrndavana for Sri Krsna.
- The eagerness to have the darsana of Sri Krsna arises in the heart of the devotee.
- Lila of the Rsis of Dandakaranya and Lord Ramacandra.
- Prakatha and aprakatha-lila.
- The different stages of siddhi (mystical powers) in bhakti.
