01 Aug 2024 morning – The Process of Bhakti (English) | Badger, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • All of you are elevated sadhakas due to the mercy of Srila Gurudeva, you have all grown.
  • ⁠Without sadhana it is not possible to achieve the perfection of the spiritual goal.
  • ⁠Those who follow varnasrama-dharma attain Svarga and Brahma-loka.
  • ⁠Devotees practise varnasrama-dharma along with sadhana aiming at the supreme goal.
  • ⁠One practises sadhana through sambandha-jnana and, thus, one attains service to Krsna.
  • ⁠Kamatmika are those who have spontaneous love for Krsna, divine love.
  • ⁠Difference between material and transcendental lust.
  • ⁠Beautiful description of the trees shedding their flower petals as a care for Krsna’s soft feet as He walks.
  • ⁠About the five rasas and the importance of sambandha, because we behave according to the type of relationship we have with others.
  • ⁠Without sambandha it is not possible to serve Krsna.
  • ⁠Difference between parikara-tattva and jiva-tattva.
  • ⁠Song: Govinda Danodara Madhaveti.
  • ⁠Uddhava’s lila trying to convince Nanda Maharaja that Krsna is Bhagavan.
  • ⁠Don’t mix parikara-tattva with jiva-tattva.
  • ⁠Lila of the gopis criticising Brahma.
  • ⁠Jiva-koti-brahma (Jiva in the office of Brahma) and Isvara-koti-brahma (Bhagavan in the office of Brahma).
  • ⁠The gopis are sarcastic with the Vansi flute.
  • ⁠Krsna is tribhanga, folded into three parts, and Radha is astavakri, folded into eight parts.