21 Sep 2024 evening – The Glories of Hearing Krsna-katha (English) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- All sufferings arise due to bodily conception, dehatma-buddhi.
- Maya Devi is punishing us because we do not serve Krsna.
- Through Harikatha, Krsna enters through our ears and cleanses our hearts.
- By hearing Krsna-katha, we forget our bodily identification and, little by little, we will understand our spiritual identity.
- Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (ŚB 10.31.9).
- The living entities have innumerable papas (sins) in their hearts and therefore have no taste for hearing Krsna-katha.
- Only Krsna-nama and Krsna-katha can protect us from Maya, no one else!
- Our goal should be how to please Gurudeva.
- The two types of guru-seva: vapu-seva and vani-seva.
- The importance of sadhu-sanga and nama-sankirtana.
- Sloka: satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido… (ŚB 3.25.25).
- Nama-nistha means do or die.
- The spiritual items needed: temple, books, and spiritual master.
- Only the bona fide guru can explain the perfect meaning of the slokas (verses) contained in the scriptures.
