01/08/24 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.
