31/07/24 morning – The Power of Hari-katha (English)| New Vraja, CA, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • The best friend is the one who gets others to listen to krishna-katha and krishna-nama.
  • Shloka: parasparānukathanaṁ pāvanaṁ bhagavad-yaśaḥ (SB 11.3.30).
  • The exemplary bhajana of the Six Gosvamis (shloka).
  • Why the Six Gosvamis spent each night under a different tree.
  • Srimati Radhika’s verse glorifying Giriraja Govardhana: hantāyam adrir abalā hari-dāsa-varyo (SB 10.21.18).
  • 3 Haridasas: Yudhishthira Maharaja, Uddhava and Giriraja Govardhana.
  • Giriraja Govardhana’s seva and his ecstatic symptoms of prema.
  • Shloka: sthāvara-jaṅgama dekhe, nā dekhe tāra mūrti (CC Madhya 8.274).
  • Cry for Krishna, not for material things.
  • At the time of death, one feels such pain as if one is being stung by a thousand scorpions.
  • The gopis chastise Brahma for giving them eyelids that prevent them from seeing Krishna continuously.
  • First make sambandha-jnana to do bhajana and sadhana.
  • Shloka: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān (CC Madhya 19.151).
  • The eternal svarupa of the jiva cannot be acquired by means of association. Examples of Vrajanatha and Vijaya Kumara.
  • The duty of Guru is to remove the anarthas from the heart of his disciple with the help of hari-katha.
  • Listening to hari-katha builds sambandha-jnana.
  • Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu accepted His Guru Ishvara Puripada to show the example of guru-padashraya.

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