18/09/24 evening – From Attachment to Freedom (English translation) | Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

tvdegurudev

2 years ago

An unfortunate day from a material and transcendental point of view.
Maya does not hold us, it creates the illusion that it does. Tulasi dasa gives the example of a monkey holding a potato in a jar and a bird holding a wheel.
Shloka: daivī hyeṣhā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā… (BG 7.14).
Shloka: ‘śraddhā’-śabde – viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścay… (CC Madhya 22.62).
The spiritual steps up to prema: shraddha, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriya, anartha-nivritti, nishtha, ruchi, asakti, bhava, prema.
Eka-deshavarttini, bahu-deshavarttini, prayiki, purna, atyantiki.
How to define a liberated person.
We should devote everything to the service of the Lord.
A house without a sadhu is a snake hole.
A refrigerator where meat is kept is a crematorium. Do not eat meat, onion, garlic, do not consume alcohol.
As the trees greet Govinda, so the disciple greets the Guru.
Kutichaka-sannyasi, bahudaka-sannyasi, hamsa-sannyasi, paramahamsa-sannyasi.
Attachment is the cause of suffering.