SB Day 4: Sanatana Dharma, Pastime of Sati and Siva, Importance of Accepting Guru, Story of Bharata Maharaja
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Topics
- Day 4 of Bhagavata Saptaha
- Why do other religions have only one God and Sanatana Dharma has many Gods?
- Sanatana Dharma is eternal.
- The material world is a perverted reflection of the spiritual world.
- One should learn all siddhanta from guru parampara.
- Pastime of Sati doubting Rama & then Siva accepting her as his mother. Always trust the words of the Sri guru.
- Pastime of Siva with Daksa Prajapati
- Sri guru is millions of times more merciful than parents.
- One should open his heart completely to a qualified guru.
- First one should understand the goal of life.
- One requires a guru to learn even the easiest and smallest thing in life.
- The root of this world is an attachment.
- This world of maya is manifested by Krsna's desire for His service. Thus, this world is not false. Rather, the attachment to it is false.
- The nature of all the souls is feminine and Krsna is the only male.
- Division of society was originally based on qualities.
- Pastimes of Bharata Maharaja.
- How Bharata Maharaja renounced everything and went to the forest to perform devotional service to Lord Hari.
- How Bharata Maharaja got attached to the baby deer and got distracted from hari-bhajana.
- Human life is wasted without hari-bhakti.
- How Bharata Maharaja died while meditating on that deer and became a deer in his next life. One should live without attachment to money, wife, and children.
- The suffering we experience is not at the level of the body, or soul. It is in mind, due to its attachment to material things.