21 Apr 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).
