14 Sep 2024 midday – Rasa Lila Katha (English translation) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- The nature of divine love.
- Radhaji compares prema to a bright lamp, description of Prema Samputa.
- The story of the gold that emerges from the substance of the jamelon in the Yamuna River and is captured by the demigods.
- Difference between love and lust.
- Sloka: ātmendriya-prīti-vāñchā — tāre bali ‘kāma’… (CC Ādi 4.165).
- Planet Earth is blessed because Vrndavana Dhama is present on it.
- The different origins of the gopis and the Golden Sitas.
- Sloka: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca… (ŚB 10.29.1).
- The glories of Dhama and rasa-lila.
- Description of the Maha Rasa Lila, which takes place on the banks of Radha-kunda.
- Krsna is the Ocean of all Rasas.
- The symbolism of the garlands that are received in two ceremonies during life: marriage and death.
- A body without a soul has no value whatsoever.
- Lila of Krsna giving honey to the gopis, madhupan-lila.
- The effulgence of Krsna’s Transcendental Body illuminates the entire spiritual world.
- Sloka: na tad bhāsayate sūryo… (Bhagavad-gītā 15.6).
- The services of the asta-sakhi-gopis.
- The Whirlwind of Love during the Rasa Dance and the forty-nine ingredients of rasa-madhurya.
- Subal Milana Lila Katha.
- To make the heart happy, we should listen to rasa-katha.
