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.
