Question: I have heard or read somewhere that Srila Bhakti Vinoda Thakura had said that there are 20 different pastimes of Lord Krishna by which we can overcome 70 difficulties in our devotional life. What are those 70 different obstacles in devotional life?

Guru Maharaj: So Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura did not tell what the 70 obstacles were? To mention all the 70 would take a lot of time, and is not part of the present lecture. So I will have to look it up. There are various obstacles in our spiritual life, and so hearing the different pastimes of Krishna, where He killed various demons, so by hearing those pastimes, one crosses over different obstacles. So I think,His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami, he presented pastimes – each lila, what obstacles they counteract. That is a whole book. So, anyway what is the purpose of knowing what obstacles are overcome? The important point is that by reading the pastimes of Krishna, we cross over various obstacles. What is the use of knowing all the obstacles? What is important is that, we can get rid of them by hearing the
12-Aug-2020 SRI MAYAPUR DHAM, INDIA