09 Jun 2024 midday – Bhakti: Devotional Service to the Lord (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Rupa Goswami gives us several instructions on what Bhakti is.
  • Vyasa Deva had already given many definitions for Bhakti.
  • Sloka: sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁtat-paratvena nirmalam… (Narada Pancaratra).
  • ⁠Sloka: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahah… (Śrī brahma-saṁhitā 5.1).
  • The material body is made of five elements and eleven material senses.
  • Sloka: ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādina… (SB 2.14).
  • The tendency to serve the Lord and the tendency to enjoy matter.
  • Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that it is only possible to see Sri Krsna with his material eyes through the ears, (harikatha sravanam).
  • There is material vibration and transcendental vibration.
  • To cross the layers of prakrti, the seed of siddha-bhakti must be watered with the nine limbs of bhakti.
  • Sri Rupa Gosvami sees, in his meditations, beautiful lilas of Srimati Radhika and Sri Krsna.
  • Song: Govinda Damodara Madhaveti.
  • Song: Ohe! Vaisnava Thakura.
  • Sloka: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁjñāna-karmādy… (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11).
  • The difference between papa karma and aparadha (offence and sin).
  • Story of Bharata Maharaja and Ajamil.
  • Song: Amara Jivana.
  • Ceta is the effort, and bhava, the mood.
  • Never criticise anyone, observe your own faults.

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