21 April 2025 morning – Sri Siksastaka and the Bhakti Process (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- The Siksastaka highlights sambhanda-jnana (relationship knowledge), abhidheya (process) and prayojana (goal) of sadhana-bhakti.
- Song: Sri Krsna Bhajane Jadi.
- Verse: dhana, jana nāhi māgoṅ, kavitā sundarī…(CC Antya-lila 20.30).
- We should pray for ahaituki-bhakti, unmotivated devotional service.
- Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami expresses his mood of separation after Mahaprabhu’s departure.
- Verse: kāhāṅ mora prāṇa-nātha muralī-vadana (CC Madhya-lila 2.15).
- Song: Sri Gusvastakam.
- Bhagavatya Parampara and Pancaratrik Parampara.
- Mantra: tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva — tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva — tvameva vidyā draviṇaṃ tvameva — tvameva sarvaṃ mama devadeva.
- Verse: tyaktva su-dustyaja-surepsita-rajya-laksmim… (SB 11.5.34).
- Verse: āmnāyaḥ prāha tattvaṁ harim iha paramaṁ sarva-śaktim rasābdhiṁ…(Dasa-mula tattva: invocation of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura).
- Verse: namami devam karuna-nidhanam tamala-varnam suhitavataram (Padma Purana).
- Verse: avaiṣṇava-mukhodgīrṇaṁ pūtaṁ hari-kathāmṛtaṁ, śravaṇaṁ naiva kartavyam (Padma Purana).
