00:00 Overview of Damodarashtaka; discussion of who broke Mother Yashoda’s pot; Krishna’s pretending. 09:00 The most important thing in bhakti; about the purpose and goal of the material body. 23:00 How to achieve love for Krishna; the concept of apavarga; the binding of Krishna; the logic of the kitten and the monkey. 30:00 On the difficulty of chanting the Holy Name at the moment of death. 45:00 The bliss of the Vrajavasis (residents of Vraja). 50:00 The gopis’ complaints...
apavarga: liberation (freedom from material existence; cessation of the cycle of birth and death)
26 Oct 2024 morning – Damodarashtaka 7 (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 Overview of Damodarashtaka; discussion of who broke Mother Yashoda’s pot; Krishna’s pretending. 09:00 The most important thing in bhakti; about the purpose and goal of the material body. 23:00 How to achieve love for Krishna; the concept of apavarga; the binding of Krishna; the logic of the kitten and the monkey. 30:00 On the difficulty of chanting the Holy Name at the moment of death. 45:00 The bliss of the Vrajavasis (residents of Vraja). 50:00 The gopis’ complaints...
29 May 2023 evening – Guru-nistha and Guru-bhakti Gives Perfection (English) – Wald-Michelbach, Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Rupa Gosvami wrote the following message to Sanatana Gosvami when he was in prison: “You must go and meet Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as fast as you can. We do not know how long we are going to be in this material world. As soon as possible we have to leave the prison that is the material world. When the time comes to cross the ocean of material existence, you will get sadhu-sanga, and then rati (attachment to the Guru and the Lord) will manifest in your heart. Gurvastaka by Srila Visvanatha...