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.
