02/06/24 evening – Who Am I? (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

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  • Sri Krsna is very merciful and inspires us to be together in sadhu-sanga.
  • ⁠Sloka: kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam… (SB 1.3.28).
  • God means: generator, operator and destroyer.
  • Sanatana Gosvami asked Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu: who am I?
  • Sloka: jīvera svarūpa haya (Sri CC Madhya-lila 20.108-109).
  • Sloja: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ…(Siksastaka 1).
  • The power of the Holy Names in the age of Kali.
  • ⁠Sloka: harer nāma harer nāma… (BG 7.1).
  • There is material vibration and transcendental vibration.
  • The three miseries of Maya that cause us suffering.
  • The different species of life.
  • Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu predicted that one day all the villages in the world will chant the Holy names.
  • When we understand all this, our body will be happy.
  • Human beings have the power of discernment.
  • Eating, sleeping, protecting oneself and mating are qualities of animals and also of human beings.
  • The soul gives power to the body.
  • The cycle of births and deaths.
  • Sri Krsna tells Uddhava that it is not possible to understand Him through karma, jnana and mystical yoga.
  • To reach Sri Krsna we must practice sadhana and bhajana in sadhu-sanga.
  • Narada Rsi went to Vaikunta and asked the Lord about the glories of sadhu-sanga.

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