28/03/24 evening - Serve Guru and Krsna - Contai, Bengal, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja

28/03/24 evening - Serve Guru and Krsna - Contai, Bengal, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja The aim of life is Goura-bhajana, otherwise we will be serving Maya. ⁠This world is full of sorrows, Maya is always applying the three types of miseries. ⁠Maya is never happy with our service and she always punishes us severely. ⁠When we serve God, Maya liberates us. ⁠Story of the sinner who, in hell, told the Yamadutas that they would worship his feet. ⁠Everyone, including animals, sleeps, mates, eats and defends themselves. What is the difference between humans and animals? ⁠Story of Ajamila, his fall, the name of his son, and his salvation. ⁠Don't give your children meaningless names. ⁠There are ten types of samskaras (ceremonies for the stages of life). ⁠The difference between sukrti (spiritual pious merit) and punya (material pious merit). ⁠Service to Guru and Vaisnavas generates sukrti. ⁠After collecting sukrti for thousands of lives one attains sadhu-sanga. ⁠Ajamila is approached by three yamadutas (representatives of sins committed through the mind, words, actions); and by four visnudutas (representatives of the conch shell, cakra, mace and lotus flower of Visnu). ⁠Yamaraja instructs the Yamadutas not to approach those who chant the Holy Names. ⁠All sins are found inside the grains on the day of ekadasi. ⁠Don't compare yourself to God! ⁠Mahaprabhu's lila honoring Jagannatha's rice prasada only at the time of breaking the ekadasi fast. ⁠Sloka: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (Brahma Samhita 5.1). ⁠Songs: Hari Haraye Nama Krsna Yadavaya Namaha and Suddha Bhakata Carana Reno.