17 Dec 2024 evening – Process to Attain Bhakti (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • How to accumulate sukrti and obtain the association of a sadhu, and the condition for Bhakti Devi to manifest in the heart.
  • The importance of observing ekadasi tithi.
  • We should ask ourselves why we do not like to chant the Holy Names.
  • Our sinful activities (papa-karma) are the cause of our inability to chant the Holy Names.
  • Diksa-mantra given by Guru destroys all sins.
  • Funny story of Yamaraja going to get a woman to take to Yamaloka, but the woman says she is not ready to leave.
  • It is impossible to defeat death, it is very powerful.
  • The six limbs of sadhu-sanga.
  • Verse: dadāti pratigṛhṇāti guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati… (Sri Upadesamrta 4).
  • Read the Sri Upadesamrta and Mana Siksa every day, learn the verses from these Scriptures.
  • The six types of bhajana-kriya and their meanings.
  • Story of the hunter Mrigari with Narada Rsi.
  • Pastime between Ramacandra, His bow and the frog.
  • Quote from the Madhurya-Kadambini of Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, which describes the eight progressive stages of Bhakti.
  • Song: Gopinatha of Bhaktivinoda Thakura.

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