- The Lord protects the devotees. Sloka:
ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ
kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam
indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ
mṛḍayanti yuge yuge - The Lord liberates the devotees. Sloka:
paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya ca duskrtam
Dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge - The Lord takes a human form. Sloka:
anugrahāya bhaktānāṁ
mānuṣaṁ deham āsthitaḥ
bhajate tādṛśīḥ krīḍa
yāḥ śrutvā tat-paro bhavet - Hearing harikatha frees us from all problems.
- The three afflictions of maya: adhibhautika, adhidaivika and adhyatmika.
- The mind is very agitated.
- The first illusion is called dehatma-budhi, thinking that the body is one’s own identity.
- The soul is the eternal servant of Krishna. Sloka:
jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya – kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’
kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’ ‘bhedābheda-prakāśa’ - Krsna tells Arjuna that it is necessary to control the mind.
- Sadhana and renunciation.
- Story about controlling the senses: the king and the goat.
- In all our lives we do the same thing, chewing the chewed.
- Chanting the holy names with the pure devotee of the Lord.
- Your association determines your habits.
- The benefit of spreading the words of the Lord. Sloka:
tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ
kavibhir īḍitaṁ kalmaṣāpaham
śravaṇa-maṅgalaṁ śrīmad ātataṁ
bhuvi gṛṇanti ye bhūri-dā janāḥ - Practice yourself and then preach.
- Be tṛṇād api sunīcena
- Chant the holy names and never criticise anyone.
- Listen to hari-katha.
- Everyone and everything in Vrndavana is chanting: Radhe Radhe!
- When one hears hari-katha, Krsna enters through the ears and takes up residence in the heart. So all the anarthas are purified.
- Bhagavad-bhakta is the devotee of the Lord.
- Every day listen to hari-katha and read Bhagavatam.
- The story of the guru who asked for water for the servant who wasn’t really listening.
- I ask everyone: chant the holy names and listen to hari-katha.
France, Lectures in English
