18 Feb 2025 evening – Self-realization is the Best Realization (English) | Punta Arenas, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Gurudeva reminds us of the rarity of the human body and that we must understand that the human body is the only one capable of rendering devotional service to the Lord.
Explanation of why God created man in His image and likeness.
What characteristic differentiates men, conditioned souls, from other animals.
Upon reaching the abode of the Lord, a place of bliss, everyone will be very happy.
The material world is incomplete, but in the transcendental world happiness is unlimited, it is an infinite, very beautiful place.
Story of a very intelligent man who, upon returning to his village, describes the city he visited and is considered a great liar.
Many may doubt the description of the transcendental world.
Self-realization is the best realization, this is the affirmation of our Acaryas.
Gurudeva explains: how the Deities, Vigrahas, can speak, and feed themselves.
The Scriptures say that we should feed the body of the soul with Harikatha.
Example of the bird in the cage, where the cage represents our body and the bird the soul that needs to be fed.
Gurudeva recites the sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (SB 10.31.9).
The names of the Lord are very powerful, example of Ajamila who always called for his son Narayana.
The Holy Names are like a stone of power.
The importance of the spiritual name received together with the japamala.
The three elements that make up the body of the Lord: sat-cit-ananda, respectively, existence, transcendental knowledge and bliss.
The Lord is the cause and beginning of everything.
Description of Krsna, the gopis, and the sweetness and beauty of the Transcendental Goloka Vrndavana.
