-For two months this rasa dance takes place for the joy of the gopis… and the wonderful nature displays the beauty and glorification of Baladeva Prabhu.
-Baladeva Prabhu performed this dance with His own gopis, like an intoxicated elephant.
-Various musical instruments of the gandharvas are played… ; even the rishis enjoy the dance and glorify Baladeva Prabhu.
-Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura gives instructions on the proper conduct of sadhus.
-Pariksit Maharaja asks Shukadeva Gosvami what benefit it is for the people of this world to know that Krishna did the rasa dance.
-Just as Sri Vedavyasa wrote the 10th Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam in Vrindavana, Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja wrote books in different places.
-There are different stimuli in hari-katha according to the place where it takes place.
-There are three Haridasas: three different levels of servants.
-There is no difference between Krishna and Baladeva, They differ only in colour. To see the difference between Them is an offence. That is why, the rishis glorify Baladeva’s rasa dance.
-People’s minds are so contaminated that they cannot understand the meaning of rasa and prema, which are totally transcendental.
-Story of the young king who on their wedding day, gave his queen a precious necklace as a symbol of their love.
-What we call love in this world is not love; and prema is a word that is present only in Goloka Vrindavana, whose crown jewel is Srimati Radhika.
-On the Prema-samputa grantha of Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura.
-Prema is the love that gives pleasure exclusively to Sri Krishna.
-Love in the material world is conditional and temporary.
-When will we attain the mercy of Srimati Radhika?
-We should respect everyone and serve Krishna… it is a process of many lives… The more we serve Guru and Vaishnavas, the closer we get to Krishna.
-From shraddha to asakti, from bhava and prema to higher and higher levels of prema.
-In this world, if there is an obstacle to love, it breaks down.
-Rupa Gosvami says that in the transcendental world, every obstacle to love increases love.
-The beautiful devotional song ‘Je Anilo Prema Dhama’ by Srila Narottama dasa Thakura… We will feel this way when we have association, this is love, we look forward to the love of Sri Gurupada-padma.
-Through Sri Guru we will be able to renounce everything that is not related to that love.
-We must have nishtha in Sri Guru.
-People who criticise Baladeva’s rasa dance are disqualified people.
-Only those who taste the nectar of the flower like the bumblebee are qualified to taste the pastimes of Baladeva Prabhu.
India, Scriptures, Translated into English
