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