28/07/24 evening – Absorption of the Mind in Transcendental Matters (Hindi)| Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

- The mercy of listening to harikatha.
- Concentration of the mind in the Age of Kali is very difficult.
- Arjuna tells Sri Krsna that his mind is floating.
- The solution is in practice, and significant renunciation is to focus on Sri Krsna.
- The five senses of the body are always searching for something.
- Caitanya Mahaprabhu encourages us to do nama-sankirtana.
- Sloka: nāma cintāmaṇiḥ kṛṣṇaś caitanya-rasa-vigrahaḥ… (CC Madhya-lila 17.133).
- Our aim is to develop a taste for harinama, and hearing harikatha brings that to us.
- The nine limbs of bhakti.
- Srila Jiva Gosvamipada bestows upon us tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta.
- Transcendental matters are not understood through logic.
- Story of the assembly that questioned Srimati Radhika’s relationship with Sri Krsna.
- Sri Guru gives potency to his disciples.
- We should establish our minds in Sri Krsna bhajana.
- The importance of siddhanta in spiritual life.
- Brahmaji glorifies Vrndavana and Sri Krsna.
- Everything is favorable to Sri Krsna in the transcendental planets.
- Srimati Radhika’s lila feeling maan without a cause.
- Srimati Radhika’s name is written on the peacock feather.
- Our aim is to remember Sri Krsna’s lilas and be a part of them.