15/06/24 morning – Karma and Sadhu-sanga (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Everything we gain or lose is already predetermined according to karma.
  • The story of the lady’s prediction that the man would not eat anything that day.
  • Everything that happens and stops happening is by Krsna’s desire.
  • Sloka: śrī-bhagavān uvāca kāma eṣa krodha eṣa… (Bhagavad Gita 3.37).
  • The story of the three dogs that represent tama-guna, raja-guna and sattva-guna.
  • Maya forces us to act in accordance with karma, and the material world is driven by the three modes of material energy, sattva, raja and tama.
  • Practicing bhakti destroys karmas.
  • Sadhu-sanga means how we should follow in the footsteps of the sadhu.
  • Sloka: dadāti pratigṛhṇāti… (Upadesamrta, 4).
  • Sloka: bhakta-pada-dhūli āra bhakta-pada-jala… (CC Antya 16.60).
  • Krsna knows everything and knows each person’s heart, many say they will go to Vrndavana if they have money, but it is not true.
  • How should one meditate by chanting the Holy Names? Remembering the lilas told by the sadhu in harikatha.

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