06 Mar 2025 evening – Blessings and Hari-bhajana (English translation) | West Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Guru and Vaisnavas are so merciful that they turn the unqualified into qualified ones, crows into cows.
About Srila Gurudeva’s annual routine.
Srila Gurudeva rejoices with the devotees and the Temple where he is.
The actions and reactions of karma never end, it is a cyclical one.
Only the practice of Hari-bhajana extinguishes all the seeds of karma.
Sloka evidencing Hari-bhajana: na sādhayati māṁ yogo… (SB 11.14.20).
You cannot deceive your Guru, surrender and serve your Guru.
Adhu guru-pādāśraya: worship the beautiful feet of Gurudeva; take diksa and gradually sins will be extinguished.
Have one-pointed faith in your Guru.
Do not be a hypocrite, serve without duplicity.
Krsna asks: “Why does Radha weep for Me? What are the glories of Radha? What do I have that She is attracted to?”
Sloka glorifying the Holy Names and their effects: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ… (CC Antya-lila 20.12).
Makancor: makan means prema (ma/no and kan/lust), where there is prema there is no lust. Krsna is a thief of prema.
Give your children Krsna’s names, don’t give them meaningless names!
Gopa Kumara sings: śrī-kṛṣṇa gopāla hare mukunda govinda he nanda-kiśora kṛṣṇa | hā śrī-yaśodā-tanaya prasīda śrī-ballavī-jīvana rādhikeśa (Brhad Bhagavatamrta 2.4.7) extolling the Names of Krsna.
Puranjana and Puranjani.
Never criticize the sadhu and never disobey your Guru, chant the Holy Names and nama-abhasa will come: no offense and still no knowledge of the relationship, but no more nama-aparadha!
Have faith, the more you chant, the more happiness comes to your heart.
