– Sadhana-bhakti creepers: kleshagni and subhada; bhava-bhakti creepers: moksha-laghutakrit and sudurlabha; prema-bhakti creepers: sandaratma-visheshatma and krishna-akarshani. – Krishna immediately gives material things or liberation to a devotee but He hides bhakti because He doesn’t want to be controlled by a devotee’s love: kṛṣṇa yadi chuṭe bhakte bhukti mukti diyā…(CC Adi 8.18). – When you are disconnected from Guru, you lose everything. – Manjaris are a great...
Krishna-Devotee Relationship
08 Jun 2025 morning – God Manifests His Mercy to the Devotees (English) | Alhandra, Portugal
* About the eleven humors and the five stages present in the books “Jewels of the Heart” and “Jaiva Dharma”. * To go to Goloka Vrndavana we need at least three births; but to Vaikuntha we can get there in just one birth. * In the beginning it is necessary to impose humility because we have a lot of false ego. As we respect others, humility comes. * Gradually, with the association of devotees and the sadhu, the twenty-six qualities emerge. * About the five stages for the...
24 May 2025 midday – Service to Krsna with Greed and Spontaneous Devotion (English) | Paris, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The materialistic pursuit of karmis and the empty knowledge of jnanis. Sloka: krsna-bhakti-janma-mula haya sadhu-sanga… (CC Madhya 22.83). Devotees are like cuckoo birds in the mango forest, always chanting the Holy Names with spontaneous devotion. Life is useless without bhajana and sadhana. Sloka: vaco vegam manasah krodha-vegam… (Upadesamrta verse 1). The process of Bhakti begins with vaidhi-sraddha (initial faith) and gradually evolves into raganuga-bhakti (greed). Rupa Gosvami instructs to...