21 April 2025 midday – How to Defeat Maya (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • The five stages of cleansing of anarthas (eka-desa-vartini, bahu-desa-vartini, prayiki, purna and atyantiki).
  • Up to the stage of bhava there is still a chance for the practitioner to fall.
  • Verse: daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā… (BG 7.14).
  • Maya stays away from those who perform bhajana and sadhana.
  • Maya is bahiranga-sakti, the external energy of the Lord.
  • Maya Devi visited Haridasa Thakura as Laksahira, but he converted her into a devotee.
  • Mahaprabhu rescued Khala Krsna Das from the gypsies.
  • Chanting of the Holy Names and the mind absorbed in Krsna’s pastimes drive away Maya Devi.
  • Verse: tan-nāma-rūpa-caritādi-sukīrtanānu-smṛtyoḥ krameṇa rasanā-manasī niyojya… (Sri Upadesamrta 8).
  • Song: Krsna Deva Bhavantam Vande.
  • The lila of the swimming competition between Radha and Krsna at Radha Kunda.
  • ⁠Verse: rādhā-kṛṣṇera līlā ei ati gūḍhatara dāsya-vātsalyādi-bhāve nā haya gocara… (CC Madhya-lila 8.201).
  • Hetu-man (motivated) and ahetu-man (unmotivated).

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