10 Dec 2025 morning – A Seed of Bhakti (English) – Bogota, Colombia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Sadhu-sanga is very important.
- The 5 types of manifestation of consciousness: acchadita-chetana, sankuchita-chetana, mukulita-chetana, vikasita-chetana and purna-vikasita-chetana.
- Feeling, willing and knowing are the three characteristics of a conscious being.
- Devatas are those who have faith in God, while asuras are those who do not.
- To devotees: You are now a vikasita-chetana. However, your goal should be to become a purna-vikasita-chetana.
- Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja…(CC Madhya 19.151).
- Gopala-mantra is your bhakti lata-bija. Listen to hari-katha every day to grow your bhakti lata-bija, the seed of bhakti.
- Verse: saṅkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gāna-natibhiḥ kālāvasānī-kṛtau…(Shad-gosvami-ashtaka 6).
- I am happy to see you all wearing tilaka. Always make sure your clothes are clean.
- Spiritual life means spiritual dress. Even doctors, schoolchildren and soldiers wear uniforms.
- Do not take intoxicants.
- You are the owner of your body, not the body itself.
