-Tomorrow we are going to celebrate Srila Gurudeva’s Vyasa-puja
-Adhivasa-puja us the day before Vyasa-puja
-Adhivasa is meant to remove all obstacles to Vyasa-puja
-Srila BS Prabhupada called his audience his gurus
-Srila BP Keshava Gosvami Maharaja could not utter his guru’s name in his samadhi out of love. He lacked the loving chastisement of his guru
-If a guru constantly glorifies you, then you are being cheated
-The nature of the Lord is such that He always wants to hide with Yogamaya, but His devotees make Him reveal Himself
-Neophyte devotees cannot tolerate the chastisement of their guru
-Vyasa is the one who is spreading hari-katha around the world
-Learn CC Madhya 24.313 by heart
-If you serve Guru and Krishna, then everything will reveal in your heart
-Vyasa-puja means guru-puja
-2 types of gurus: The guru who heals like a true doctor and the one who just blows on the wound
-It will only be possible to purify your heart when you surrender to the guru
-The responsibility of every disciple is to worship his guru’s lotus feet on the day of his appearance day
-On the day of Vyasa-puja, ask your Gurudeva for strength in your heart so that you can keep your vow to bring him 108 flowers (jivas) in this life
-The Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself manifested Vyasa-puja in the house of Srivasa Thakura
-Prathamam tu gurum pujya tatash caiva mamarcanam sloka
-Baladeva Prabhu is akhanda-guru-tattva
-From the point of tattva-vichara, Baladeva Prabhu is the guru but from the point of rasa-vichara, Srimati Radhika is the guru
-Never criticise the guru, never listen to guru-ninda and never see the face of those who criticise the guru
-Give up asat-sanga
-The definition of ninda
-Devaki and Kaushalya have ashvarya-mishra-bhakti towards Krishna and Mother Yashoda has shuddha-vatsalya-bhakti
-Some disciples, instead of offering the flower to the lotus feet of the guru, place it on his head as if to bless him ))
-Bring sumana (the flower of nice fresh mind) to your guru
-Madhu-sneha and ghrita-sneha
-Without mamata for guru and Krishna bhakti will not develop
-Jaya dao jaya dao Gurudeva!
-According to the Gaudiya system maha-abhisheka is performed at midday and glorification is at night
-The story of a guru’s disciple confusing a bear with a blanket
Brazil, Lectures in English
