04 Sep 2024 evening – Gour Govinda Svami Maharaja’s Appearance Day (English) | Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Today is Gour Govinda Svami Maharaja’s Appearance Day.
  • Guru and Vaishnavas come from Goloka Vrindavana and give us sat-sanga. They are the eternal associates of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna.
  • Only by their mercy can we get rid of material attachments.
  • By the mercy of Srila Gour Govinda Svami we can get pure devotional service.
  • Srila Gour Govinda Svami, ‘Do not disturb the mood of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu by putting the peacock feather on His head.’
  • Srila Gour Govinda Svami fulfilled all desires of his guru.
  • Vapu-seva, vani-seva.
  • Dhira-lalita-nayaka Vrindavana Krishna is our ishtadeva,
  • If you are not one-pointed with Guru, then you cannot understand his mood.
  • Lila-madhurya, venu-madhurya, rupa-madhurya and prema-madhurya.
  • Purna, purnatara and purnattama dhamas.
  • Everyone is intoxicated by Krishna’s everfresh youthful form.
  • When Krishna is grazing the cows, He captivates the gopis with His romantic sidelong glance.
  • Shloka: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ (Brahma-samhita, 5.1.)
  • Krishna says, “One who reaches My abode will never fall.
  • Lila of Jaya and Vijaya, who were expelled from Vaikuntha for three lifetimes.