31 Jul 2024 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.
