31 Jul 2024 evening – Sambandha-jnana (English) | New Vraja, CA, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Ambarisha Maharaja served Krishna with all the limbs of his body.
  • Shloka: kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi-bahirmukha (CC Madhya 20.117) – We do not serve Krishna, but merciful Guru and Vaishnavas always engage us in krishna-seva.
  • Sambandha, abhidheya and prayojana are important in our spiritual life.
  • Govinda, Gopinatha and Madana-Mohana deities take the form of Radha-Ramana deity.
  • Gurupada-padma is the one who gives sambandha to his disciples.
  • Shloka: dhyāna-mūlaṃ guror mūrtiḥ (Sri Guru-stotra).
  • Vapu-seva and vani-seva.
  • The name of Srimati Radhika is mentioned in every shloka of Srimad-Bhagavatam..
  • Shukadeva Gosvami could not mention Radha’s name directly in Srimad-Bhagavatam because he would have fainted at the very thought of Her.
  • Meeting and separation are the components of love.
  • Mahaprabhu took sannyasa so that people would show Him reverence and thereby get rid of the offences that had been done to Him previously.
  • Types of aparadhas.
  • Gaura-nama removes all offences.
  • Mahaprabhu is running after the people, giving them vraja-prema. (An example is given of a householder who runs after a thief who has stolen his bread and offers to take butter with him as well).