The first nine cantos then give us the ways in which to overcome the various attachments that we have: Vīta rāga bhaya Krodha, the attachment to material energy finished by the time you finish nine cantos. No thank you. No más. I'm not interested anymore. I got a better place to go. And then that idea that the fear that one has of a personal relationship with God is gone, and it awakens in one's heart this idea. It's like, oh yeah, I want a person. I already have a personal relationship, but I want to pursue it. That's the impetus of the devotee to jump up in the morning and say, here we go again. Kṛṣṇa, I'm here.

And then Krodha, this frustration, results from not having an object of meditation. And therefore, you go on YouTube and everyone's got a different opinion right on everything: cooking, health, philosophy, law, politics. There's 5 million different opinions, and if you just listen to them all, then you just go around bewildered. You have to come to this point: siddhānta baliyā citte nā kara alasa ihā ha-ite kṛṣṇe lāge sudṛḍha mānasa (Cc Ādi 2.117). You have to hear Bhāgavatam and hear how it comes from the point of view of advaya jñāna tattva. But then, bringing your attention to, okay, there's one place, and it's 'ārādhyo bhagavān.' There's a way that, if you just focus your attention on Kṛṣṇa, then you get everything. And there's something amazing in it for you. And that's the impetus of bhakti, is the eternal nature of the soul to love Kṛṣṇa.

(excerpt from the talk)

Verses for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/4/1/

https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/4/2/

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