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12 Jan 2025 midday – Bhakti-tattva (English) | Garopaba Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

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00:00:00 – Listen to Hari-katha, otherwise the mind will be restless.
0:03:00 – Opening prayers.
0:07:20 – Bhaktivedanta Swami Sarasvati Prabhupada explains: only Hari-katha can protect us from Maya, when heard from the mouth of a rasika Vaishnava.
0:13:20 – To offer respects mentally to one who chants the holy names; one who has taken diksha should offer pranams.
0:13:40 – Ninda (criticism) is speaking that which is untrue. Do not speak if you are not sure of the truth.
0:26:22 – One who possesses firm faith (shraddha), faith in the guru and in Vaishnavas, must study tattva. Then bhakti, knowledge, and renunciation will come.
0:29:30 – Bhakti means serving Krishna. Seva-vritti (service tendency). Serve the guru and the Vaishnavas; then all obstacles will be destroyed.
0:39:59 – Shukadeva Gosvami (Bhadrānī) uvāca: the son of Vyasadeva performed severe austerities to get a devoted son. Gandhari got 100 sons, and none were devotees; Queen Kunti had all children who were devotees.
0:46:00 – “Krishna is a family member” — this is how the Vrajavasis think. In Chaitanya-bhagavata, it is said, “We are all servants of Krishna. Jivera svarūpa haya…
0:49:40 – When you take Thakuraji (the Deity), you must perform achamana.
0:50:07 – Only Krishna grants us mukti. Shivaji chants “Ram, Ram,” and Brahmaji chants “Krishna, Krishna…” This is described in the Brahma-samhita.
0:58:40 – If faith is weak, a person does not hear the voice of faith. To hear the voice of faith of the Guru, follow the Guru’s instructions and the shastras.
1:02:52 – A story of how Nimai sat in the place of Shivaji where girls were worshipping and said, “Chant the holy names; why are you chanting Durga’s names?”
1:06:55 – To worship Krishna, one must listen to Hari-katha, follow the Guru, have the seva-vritti, and chant Hari-nama. Bhajan: “Vaishnava Thakura…”
1:11:16 – Pray to Krishna for viraha-prema (love in separation). Once, Shivaji fell ill and could not get darshan of his Ishtadeva. Then the Ishtadeva Himself came to take darshan of Gopeshvara Mahadeva.

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