24/07/24 morning – 7 Oceans of Srimati Radhika’s Divine Love (English) | Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Shloka: vaidagdhya sindhur anuraga-rasaika-sindhur (Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi, 18).
  • Lila of how Krishna wanted to invite Srimati Radhika to share His bed with Him, but She refused, saying that if She did so, the black colour of Krishna’s body would be transferred to Her as well.
  • Question: Why do we always talk about only 64 qualities of Krishna?
  • 7 oceans of the material nature: the ocean of salt, the ocean of sugarcane, the ocean of alcohol, the ocean of ghee, the ocean of yoghurt, the ocean of milk, the ocean of pure water.
  • Explanation of why Ramachandra has 62 and a half qualities and not a whole number.
  • All your houses are my houses, because a sadhu does not need a house of his own.
  • Comparing house owners to snails wearing a shell.
  • Don’t be attached to your houses or you may become snails in your next life.
  • Renting is better than owning. Less attachments and headaches.
  • The qualifications of Lord Shiva.
  • 25 extraordinary qualifications of Srimati Radhika.
  • Vaidagdhya sindhu is the ocean of Srimati Radhika’s elegance; anuraga-rasaika sindhu is the ocean of Srimati Radhika’s deep attachment; vatsalya-sindhu is the ocean of Her motherly affection; kripaika-sindhu is the ocean of Her compassion; lavanya-sindhu is the ocean of Her effulgence; amrita-cchavi-rupa-sindhu is the ocean of Her beautiful form; keli-sindhu is the ocean of Her divine amorous sweet pastimes.
  • Krishna jokes with Srimati Radhika, but when Srimati Radhika jokes with Krishna, He cannot give Her an answer.
  • Srimati Radhika asked Krishna what is always pure but can also be impure (hair and nails).
  • Question: Why is Srimati Radhika controlling Krishna?
  • Love is like a rope: when you love someone, you control them.
  • Tadyatha-bhava and madyatha-bhava.
  • Madhu-sneha and ghrita-sneha.
  • I-ness and my-ness in the material world and the spiritual world.
  • We are not Brahma, we belong to Brahma (the difference between the impersonalists and Vaishnavas).
  • Shloka: na tasya kāryaṁ karaṇaṁ ca vidyate (Shvetashvatara Upanishad 6.8).
  • God has legs and eyes etc. but they are transcendental. Example-parallel with Devadatta, who does not eat (during day time) but is fat (because he eats during night time).

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