• The primary meaning of dharma is the intrinsic or essential nature of something.
• What is the intrinsic nature of the soul? The spontaneous nature of the soul is to serve Krsna.
• Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’… (CC Madhya 20. 108-109).
• Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura shows respect to all religions, recognizing their different types of relationship with the Lord.
• The grantha Sri Brahma Samhita presents evidence of the existence of the transcendental world of Goloka Vrndavana.
• Sloka: cintamani-prakara-sadmasu-kalpa-vrksa… (Sri Brahma-samhita 5.29).
• Our scriptures reveal that Brahmaji is the creator of this material world.
• Sloka: Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ … (CC Adi-lila verse 107).
• We should inquire about our spiritual life and how to attain the abode of the Supreme Lord.
Italy, Lectures in English, Translated into Italian, Italy 2025
31 May 2025 evening – Dharma (English) | Puglia, Italy | Srila BV Vana Maharaja