09/06/24 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.
