15 May 2024 morning – Sweet Vraja-lilas (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • The meaning of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
  • Sri Radha is called Hara because she steals the heart of Krishna.
  • The meaning of the name Krishna.
  • The meaning of Srimati Radhika’s name Shyama.
  • Radha-Krishna katha is not worldly, it is transcendental.
  • Krishna is dhira-lalita-nayaka.
  • 5 obstacles to the perception of transcendental knowledge: laya, vikshepa, apratipatti, kashaya, rasasvada.
  • We, the Gaudiyas, do not say ‘Radha-Rama’, only ‘Radha-Ramana’.
  • Shaunakadi Rishi put 6 questions to Suta Gosvami.
  • Shriya and priya.
  • 5 types of knowledge: pratyaksha-jnana, paroksha-jnana, aparoksha-jnana, adhokshaja-jnana and aprakrita-jnana)
  • Vrindavana is full of madhurya-rasa. Description of Vrindavana.
  • Gopa-kumara katha.
  • Seva and the roles of the gopis (Vrinda-devi, Paurnamasi, etc.).
  • Nishanta-lila: Lila of Krishna and Radha sleeping and the gopis, manjaris trying to wake them.
  • Lila of Radha pinning her anchala on the thorn and thinking that Krishna was pulling Her sari.