11/05/24 evening – The Different Aspects of Bhagavan (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Rasik means one who has knowledge about rasa-tattva.
  • The three aspects of Bhagavan: brahma, paramatma and Bhagavan.
  • ⁠Bhagavan can perform all types of activities with all the members of his body.
  • ⁠Story of when Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami went to the doctor because he became ill due to what he ingested during his manasik-seva (service with the mind).
  • Krsna is like the Sun, and Maya is like darkness.
  • Bhagavan’s three potencies: cit-sakti, jiva-sakti and maya-sakti.
  • The different types of Maya: jara-maya, jiva-maya and yoga-maya.
  • Sloka: daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī…(Bhagavad Gita 7.14).
  • The six prayers (stutis) recited by Uddhava, described in the Bhramara Gita.
  • The example of the spider, described by Srila Jiva Gosvamipada.
  • The example of hair and nails that belong to the body but are not connected to it.
  • He who does bhajana and sadhana and chants the Holy Names can be happy in this world.
  • Sloka: mamottamaśloka-janeṣu sakhyaṁ… (ŚB 6.11.27).
  • Krsna resides where His devotees glorify His pastimes (where there is harikatha).
  • Song: Govinda Damodara Madhaveti.
  • The different types of disciples: the arrow and the boomerang.
  • Krsna is Srimati Radhika’s best disciple, so She is always thinking about Him.
  • Srimati Radhika is the prema-guru of Krsna.
  • Sloka: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ… (Śrī brahma-saṁhitā 5.1).
  • Srimati Radhika is Maha Bhava Svarupini: the personification of maha-bhava.

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