11 Feb 2025 midday – How Bhakti Manifests (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • When bhakti manifests in the heart, three symptoms are noted: the mood of service, detachment from the material world, and the feeling of anger.
  • If the Guru is happy, self-realization will come automatically.
  • Check if your service is satisfying the Guru.
  • Gurudeva answers about self-realization, primary symptom: the mind is not connected to the objects of the senses.
  • It is necessary to control the mind, it cannot be disturbed.
  • Sadhana (spiritual practice) and detachment promote control of the mind.
  • Everything comes from the heart and is reflected in the face, the face indicates how the mind is.
  • With a disturbed mind it is not possible to control the senses.
  • ⁠The Sastras (Scriptures) say that the mind is like the king of the senses, control your mind.
  • Self-realization is the best realization.
  • If you serve the Guru, realization will automatically come.
  • With self-realization, the face will always be cheerful, the speech will be very sweet, the eyes will always be alert.
  • Srimati Radhika’s eyes resemble the eyes of deer, very restless, alert to any movement.
  • Faults come to our mind like pride.
  • If Krsna is pleased, the devotees will be pleased.
  • Whoever can talk directly to the Lord.
  • Krsna is like the Sun, when His rays manifest themselves, they dispel darkness, Maya.

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