13/10/24 morning – Do Not Be Slaves of Maya (Hindi) | Lucknow, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

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00:12 – In life we should practice as it is taught in Jaiva-dharma; lust and anger control us
10:57 – In Chaitanya-charitamrita (Madhya-lila, Chapter 16): when you yourself realize that this world is full of suffering, Maya gives you illusory happiness; a servant is higher than a slave; an example is given of when girls are kidnapped and forced into prostitution
26:08 – Question: how to understand from which karma or which life these sufferings have come?
26:33 – Krishna says: where lies the root of karma — in this life or in the previous one? Example is given of the wheel of a chariot: when it spins, which spoke is the first? That is the example of the wheel of karma (karma-chakra)
28:17 – Parikshit Maharaja asked: how can the jivas escape karma, the wheel of dharma? There is only one solution — to chant the holy names and associate with sadhus; the holy name washes away both good and bad karma
41:01 – Karma is like the root of bamboo; in the hearts of the jivas there is desire, which generates karma; example of the tigress with her teeth — when she protects her cub and when she attacks her prey
41:14 – Difference between karmis and devotees; if you perform sadhana and bhajana, inside you will be happy; but you cannot understand the heart of a Vaishnava
43:21 – Narottama das Thakur was paralyzed, everyone laughed at him, yet he continued his sadhana
44:56 – The story of Name Ache, when a disciple did not fulfill a single request of his guru
47:45 – Verse from Prema-vivarta, Chapter 8: external tilaka and the dress of a Vaishnava are not the real signs of sadhana

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