23 Apr 2026 midday – The Beauty of Service to Krishna Svayam Bhagavan (English) – Siedelsbrunn, Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Sattvika-vikara refers to the eight symptoms of ecstatic love for God that manifest in the body of a devotee: stamba (paralysis); svada (sweating); romanca (shivering); svara-bhanga (voice alteration); kampa (tremor); vaivarna (paleness); asru (tears); pralaya (fainting).
  • Residents of Vrndavana possess spontaneous love for Krishna because they are nitya-parikaras, eternal companions.
  • Ragatmikas are those who serve under the guidance of the nitya-parikaras.
  • ⁠Jiva-tattva and parikara-tattva.
  • ⁠Sloka defining ragatmika: iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ… (CC Madhya-lila 22.150).
  • ⁠Srimati Radharani is purna-sakti and Krsna is purna-saktiman.
  • ⁠Krsna is always playing with Radha: Radha Ramana.
  • ⁠Song: Mero Radha Ramana Giridhari.
  • ⁠Beautiful sloka that reveals a very high level of love for Krsna: he deva he dayita he bhuvanaika-bandho… (CC Madhya-lila 2.65).
  • ⁠Explanation of Radha’s daksina and vamya bhavas moods.
  • Explanation of why Ravana did not attend Sita Devi’s svayamvara.
  • Whoever serves Krishna, serves all His avatars.
  • Sloka defining sraddha (faith): sraddha tv anyopaya- varjam bhakty-unmukhi citta-vrtti-visesah… (Amnaya-sutra, 57 quoted in Jaiva Dharma Chapter 6).
  • The mood of service should be solely for Krishna, thus life is successful: abandon karma, jnana, and tapasya.
  • On the different names for vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti.
  • First take refuge in a trustworthy Guru and then, little by little, knowledge will come, the tendency to sin will disappear, and the eagerness to serve will awaken.
  • ⁠Study the sastras, learn jiva-tattva, maya-tattva, guru-tattva, prema-tattva, vaisnava-tattva, all the tattvas!
  • ⁠Vani-seva and vapu-seva.
  • ⁠Sloka on a heart filled with prema: radha-karavacita-pallava-vallarike radha-padanka-vilasan-madhura-sthalike… (Radha Rasa Sudha Nidhi 14).

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