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23 Sept 2025 morning – Knowledge and Renunciation (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Quote from the verse: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy… (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.11).

– Rupa Gosvami Pada’s mood in composing the above verse.

– Serving Krsna with body and words incessantly.

– On the definition of bhakti given by previous Acaryas.

– Quote from Bhaktivinoda Thakura about the prison of family life.

– On the importance of sadhu-sanga and hearing Harikatha from the lotus mouth of a sadhu.

– Explanation given by Sukadeva Gosvami to Pariksit Maharaja on worldly kathas.

– A story involving a king, an eagle, and a dove.

– About giving charity and service to a sadhu.

– About being in places of pilgrimage physically or mentally.

– The fruits of engaging in worldly karmic activities.

– Explanation of jnana and vairagya (knowledge and detachment) in suddha-bhakti (pure devotion).

– About the three types of knowledge: of the Lord; of the conditioned soul; and of union with Brahman.

– Explanation of the initial knowledge regarding impersonalism.

– The story of the monkeys who were cold in winter and searched for fire.

– About raga, the stage of bhakti, where all knowledge is abandoned.

– About direct knowledge: acquired through our senses.

– Indirect knowledge: knowledge of what is beyond our senses.

– About Vaikuntha, which is unaffected by the modes of nature (goodness, passion, and ignorance).

– Explanation of aprakrta-jnana appears material, but it is beyond material nature, for it is transcendental.

– On being free from Maya so that we can see the transcendental Vrndavana.

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