- Today is a special day because it initiates Keshava-vrata and continuous watering of Tulasi.
- About the special importance of a few months.
- There are many potencies of Krsna, but three are very important: cit-sakti, maya-sakti and jiva-sakti. And other calls: samvit (knowledge – ruling Deity is Krsna), sandhini (existence – ruling Deity is Baladeva), and, hladini (pleasure – ruling Deity is Radha).
- There are many kinds of ananda (bliss) in this world.
- Difference between brahma-ananda and prema-ananda.
- Krsna is called Kesava.
- You can’t separate heat from fire. Nor is Radha separated from Krsna, sakti from saktiman.
- When Krsna decorates Srimati Radhika’s hair with flowers, He is called dhira-lalita-nayaka and Radha is called svadhina-bhartrka-nayika because She gives orders to Him.
- Kavi Karnapura and the Gita Govinda by Jayadeva Gosvami.
- The difference between the books Ujjvala-nilamani and Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu by Rupa Gosvami.
- Those who are rasikas are absorbed in srngara-rasa.
- The beautiful song Dhira Samire Yamuna Tire from the Gita Govinda, extremely confidential matter.
- The disapproval of some Vaisnavas of Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja for translating the Gita Govinda into English, as this grantha is very, very difficult to understand in this world.
- Badhha-jivas have a tendency to run after sense gratification, but if they listen to this katha with firm faith and surrender, they benefit.
- Only Krsna Nanda-nandana, dhira-lalita-nayaka performs rasa-lila.
- The nine stages of sadhana-bhakti:
- sraddha: faith.
- sadhu-sanga: association with the sadhu.
- bhajana-kriya: performance of devotional service.
- anartha nivrtti: purification of sins.
- nistha: firmness.
- ruci: taste.
- asakti: attachment.
- bhava: love.
- prema: pure love for Krsna.
- About the story of Saubhari Rsi who abandons his austerity to marry the fifty daughters of King Mandhata.
- About Radha manifesting mana in the rasa dance.
- The difference of saradiya-rasa-lila (autumn) and vasanti-rasa-lila (spring).
- Hearing about this katha makes all lust and anger disappear from the heart.
- Just like in the story of the man who tried to stretch the dog’s tail, the austerities of yoga do not purify the heart.
- Siva’s lila and Visnu’s Mohini-rupa.
- Listen to this katha under the guidance of a Guru and with unshakable faith.
- Lord Jagannatha only sleeps after listening to the entire Gita Govinda.
- Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s lila running after the girl who was chanting the Gita Govinda.
