16/10/24 morning – The Power of The Holy Names and Nama-Abhasa (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

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  • Ajamila uttered nama-abhasa.
  • For impersonalists nama-abhasa destroys only prarabdha-karma and for pure devotees nama-abhasa destroys both prarabdha-karma and aprarabdha-karma.
  • Be careful not to make nama-aparadha and vaishnava-aparadha.
  • Shloka: api cet su-durācāro (BG 9.30).
  • Story of a sadhu and a prostitute.
  • The service of a mother to her child.
  • If you borrow money, pay it back.
  • Avoid bad associations, be one-pointed towards Krishna.
  • Benefits of neem.
  • Dvivida vanara katha.
  • Do not criticise those who do bad things. Rather keep distance from them.
  • The mind is like an elastic band, it expands when it sees the object of sense gratification and shrinks when the sense is not satisfied.
  • Practise and renunciation are the methods of controlling the mind.
  • Wake up slowly so as not to have a heart attack. Women should start from the left feet and men from the right feet.
  • Heart attack happens when the mind separates from the body.
  • In the morning, take darshana of the lotus feet of Govinda and chant the holy names.
  • A case of a devotee twisting in a train while chanting mantras, trying to correct the direction of the body.
  • Comparison of the birth and death of a devotee and a non-devotee.

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