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