-The purpose of the human tongue, limbs, and eyes
-If we do not use this human body in proper service, next birth we could be born in a nonhuman body, or blind/dumb
-The gopis say their eyes should be burned in fire if they cannot take darshana of Govinda
-The gopis chastise Krsna for not playing the flute at proper times and say its bamboo should be burned to ashes
-Mauna vow (vow of silence) is not possible in Kali-yuga: speaking krsna-katha is the true mauna vow
-The nature of the mind is to think badly of others when alone or chanting holy names
-The essence of Rupa Gosvami’s instructions: We should aspire to be constantly absorbed in Krsna’s sweet lila and names, and always stay in Vraja – if not physically, then by mind, and with a high-class vraja-rasika Vaisnava
-Only hari-katha can protect you from maya
-Sadhu-sanga means hari-katha, this is Guru’s duty
-Who comes into this material world has to depart
-The importance & rarity of associating with sadhu-sanga, Guru
-Sabda-brahma: transcendental vibration; sabda-samanya: material vibration
-Gopa-kumara told to Mathura Brahmana the glories of associating with sadhu
-Conditioned souls take bath in Ganges like an “elephant bath”, for this regard, sadhu-sanga is the best purification
-Two types of eyes which we take darshana of sadhu/guru: prema-caksu, kama-caksu. Eyes of divine love, and eyes of lust
-Very extreme fortune will receive the bhakti-lata-bija. Krsna-seva-vasana, desire to serve
-By chanting diksha-mantras daily, all anarthas and unwanted things will be removed from your heart, and the tendency to serve Guru and Krsna will manifest
-Give up bad association, mundane katha, and criticism
-Glories of Jhulana-yatra, swing festival
-True meaning of rasa-lila-katha
-Realization of Krsna’s sweet lila will come when you enter deeply into tattva-siddhanta, despite it being very difficult
-What is the meaning of mellows/rasa?
-4 ingredients manifesting in the platform of fixed mood, then rasa comes
-49 types of ingredients, that is called relishable
-Necessary tattva to read and study by Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami
-Life history of Srila Rupa Gosvami & Sanatana dasa Gosvami, and how they left their worldly duties to take shelter of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
-Types of guru-pranama-mantras
Holland, Lectures in English, Holland 2022
