19 Aug 2024 morning – Sri Baladeva Purnima (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Song: Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Jive Daya Kore.
The difference between nitya-lila and naimitika-lila.
Verse: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita).
The presiding Deity over Sac, existence, is Baladeva Prabhu, Cit, spiritual knowledge, is Krsna, and ananda, bliss, is Srimati Radhika.
Bhakti cannot be attained as long as anarthas predominate, and without the mercy of Baladeva Prabhu we will never be able to destroy the four types of anarthas. With His mace and plow, Baladeva destroys all duplicity and hypocrisy.
Verse: vāco vegaṁ manasaḥ krodha-vegaṁ… (Sri Upadesamrta 1).
The impersonalistic tendency of “we are all God” must be eradicated from the heart for Bhakti to enter.
Krsna and Baladeva Prabhu are non-different, and at the same time Baladeva has the mood of a servant, asraya-tattva; He serves Krsna in twelve forms.
Baladeva Prabhu’s rasa dance is described in Srimad Bhagavatam.
Baladeva Prabhu’s birth lila.
Prahlambasura was the first demon Baladeva Prabhu killed, symbolizing that one should annihilate the desire for liberation from the heart.
Baladeva is Ananga Manjari in service to Srimati Radhika; It is Nityananda Prabhu in Gaura Lila, and Laksamana in Rama Lila.
Song: Nitai Pada Kamala.
Song: Akroda Paramananda.
Baladeva’s view of Brahma Vimohana Lila.
Baladeva is Akandha Guru Tattva, the undivided principle of the Guru.
Guru puja is following the instructions of the Guru, adopting his conceptions.
Nityananda garlanded Mahaprabhu in Vyasapuja.
One enters Bhakti only when one has guru-nistha.
Mantra: dhyana mulam guru murti…
