Evening conversation with guests in Chiangmai. Srila B. B. Avadhut Maharaj. October 15, 2023

00:00:00 — About the Vaishnava tradition. The Veda is the truth of revelation. Guests share their experience of revelation.

00:06:25 — Following in the footsteps of philosophers. Does intelligence help in understanding the truth? Is hate motivation possible?

00:11:20 — The personified Truth is incomprehensible, but It can reveal Itself to whomever It wants.

00:17:10 — The difference between scientists and believers? Love and beauty are at the center of everything being, and is the purpose and meaning of every being.

00:25:00 — About the difference between love for something and love between someone. Consciousness is endowed with the ability to love.

00:29:05 — Bhakti Lalita on divine love. Gradation of love. (The very essence of the conversation is here: Maharaj gives a conclusion on the topic of love.)

00:32:25 — Beauty. What is it, and how can it be recognized? Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

00:35:50 — A story about an owl who was looking all over the world for the most beautiful creature. ‘Krishna’ in Sanskrit means ‘the most attractive and charming’.

00:40:35 — Kirtan, joint chanting of the holy names of Lord Sri Krishna.

In this lecture, Srila Avadhut Maharaj touched upon a topic that excites the heart of every living being. “What is love and where to find it?” He asked questions to the guests of the meeting, and then he supplemented and deepened their answers. It turned out to be a very sincere conversation in which everyone will find something important for themselves.