18 Apr 2025 midday – On the Different Bhaktas (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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On the difference between jnanis and jnani-bhaktas like Pralada Maharaja.
Lord Narayana says that He stays where devotees glorify Him. Devotees do not ask for anything, while jnanis, karmis and yogis always ask for many things. Bhaktas only want to serve the Lord.
Just as Radha captivates Krsna with Her preparations, “to have a good program it is necessary to have good prasada”.
Prahlada Maharaja is an example of a jnana-bhakta in the mode of opulence. He teaches how we should be tolerant, he tolerates his demoniac father.
The first teaching of Prahlada Maharaja is that family life is very dry, very difficult to maintain, and in the end you will leave alone.
Family life is like a deep well, dark and without water.
Another teaching of Prahlada Maharaja is that we have to practice bhakti when we are young, from a young age.
Nrsimhadeva insists on giving a boon to Prahlada Maharaja, so he asks that all living entities be liberated even if for this he has to suffer all the karmas of the living entities.
Nrsimhadeva is bhakta-vatsalya, He protects the devotees from all the difficulties in life.
The Srimad Bhagavatam reveals that Ambarisa Maharaja ruled the whole world and still worshiped the Takurajis with his own hands.
The lila of Ambarisa Maharaja and Durvasa Rsi.
Ambarisa Maharaja never asked the Lord for help, Vaisnavas are very humble, you recognize them like that.
Ambarisa Maharaja is the example of a suddha-bhakta.
Hanuman is an example of a kinkara, a servant, always in the mood to serve. Funny lila of Laksman deciding the services to Ramacandra and excluding Hanuman from the list of servants.
About the prema of the pandavas, especially Droupadi and Arjuna.
About Uddhava and how he was Krsna’s counselor. Krsna sends him to Vraja to calm the vrajavasis in the pain of separation.
The essence of all the Vedas and Upanisads is found in Srimad Bhagavatam.
