03/07/24 morning – Rasas and Their Qualities (English) – London, England | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Qualifications and the prominent sevakas in shanta, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya-rasas.
  • Shloka: itthaṁ satāṁ brahma-sukhānubhūtyā dāsyaṁ gatānāṁ para-daivatena (SB 10.12.11).
  • Impersonalists do not believe that Krishna has a form and the qualities.
  • Lila of Durvasa Rishi who became speechless as he was taking darshana of Krishna in Ramana-reti.
  • Shloka: kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi-bahirmukha (CC Madhya 20.117).
  • We are here, in maya-karagara, the jail of maya, because we forgot Krishna.
  • Srimati Radhika is serving Krishna with Her mana (loving anger).
  • Shloka: yat-kiṅkarīṣu bahuśaḥ khalu kāku-vāṇī (Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi 8).
  • Vamya-bhava and dakshina-bhava.
  • Purvaraga, mana, pravasa and prema-vaichittya.
  • Sadhaka-rupa activity and siddha-rupa activity.
  • One needs to be free from all anarthas to realise his eternal constitutional form
  • Internal and external symptoms of bhava.
  • Anukula-abhilasa, bhagavat-prapti-abhilasa, suhrida-abhilasa.
  • The lila of Krishna and Vrinda-devi.
  • Prema is like a snake. Her path zigzags.
  • Ashtavakra Muni katha.

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