08 Jun 2024 midday – Listen to Elevated Spiritual Topics! (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • The definition of uttama-bhakti is the Sloka: “anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ…” (CC Madhya 19.167).
  • Krsna priti vanca: carrying out activities that make Krsna happy.
  • What is devotion and the lilas that really bring pleasure to Krsna.
  • Lila of Mother Yasoda when she stopped breastfeeding Krsna.
  • The Scriptures say that naughty children are very intelligent!
  • Sambhandatmika-bhakti (relationship precedes devotion) and kamatmika-bhakti (devotion precedes the type of relationship).
  • Krsna is like the bright Sun and Maya is like darkness.
  • The two types of kamatmika-bhakti: sambhoga-iccha-maiy-bhakti and tat-tad-bhava-iccha-maiy-bhakti, the latter refers to manjari-bhava.
  • Sloka: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau… (CC Ādi 1.4).
  • The importance of listening to high spiritual topics over and over again.
  • The Vaisnavas are very smart.
  • Bhakti is sudurlabha: very rare.
  • To serve Srimati Radhika one must attain manjari-bhava.
  • Learn this Sloka: “yatha yatha gaura-padaravinde”… (Sri Caitanya Candramrta, 88).
  • In this Kali-yuga we must surrender to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and everything will be automatically understood in the heart.
  • The Gaudiya school is a spiritual hospital, we are all here in this world to treat ourselves, as we are all affected by Maya.