15 Jan 2025 morning walk – False ahankara and true ahankara (English) | Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • False ahankara is thinking “I am the doer”.
  • Shuddha-ahankara is knowing your relationship with Krishna, just as Nanda and Yashoda know that they are Krishna’s parents.
  • Sadhakas should not think that they are the parents or lovers of Krishna (ahangra-upasana).
  • We are the servants of Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja.
  • Transformation of jnana and vairagya in Vrindavana.
  • Gopis do everything to please Krishna (krishnarte akhila-cheshta) and give up everything for His sake (krishnarte bhoga-tyagi).
  • 2 lilas related to Gopa-rama: 1) about a cowherd boy who forgot his mantra given by a sadhu; 2) about how Lakshmi-devi learned from Narayana the lila of little Krishna, who makes the sound “gopu” when swallowed.