PART 1
- Hari-katha is our life and our soul.
- A crying baby is happy only when the mother comes, it does not accept anyone. So is the soul in relation to the hari-katha, because the hari-katha is not different from the Lord.
- Rohini-devi talks about the time when Krishna lived in Vrndavana.
- The hari-katha protects our lives.
- Sukadeva Gosvami tells Pariksit Maharaja to get absorbed in Krsna-katha because he will reach Goloka Vrndavana before Taksaka (the snake) arrives. He has gopi-bhava.
- Pradyumna Misra visits Raya Ramananda and is troubled in his mind.
- Raya Ramananda shows all the symptoms of ecstasy when he speaks hari-katha.
- Guru and Vaisnavas are very merciful, they call everyone to receive the best food and the best friendship.
- Sloka ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ
- On Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Bhajana Rahasya.
- Jata-rati-sadhaka and ajata-rati-sadhaka.
- Prakasananda Sarasvati scolds Caitanya Mahaprabhu, telling him to read Vedanta Dharsana, Panini Vyakarana, etc.
- The Niti Sastra presents five qualities for acquiring vast knowledge.
- Mahaprabhu says He has no qualification to read Vedanta, He just chants the maha-mantra and is happy like crazy.
- People are crazy about wife, children, money and fame.
- Devotees are crazy about Krsna and materialists are crazy about material things.
- Mahaprabhu is crazy because Krsna-prema has manifested in His heart, making Him cry, sing, dance and roll on the floor.
- Devananda Pandita sings Gopi-gita and everybody cries with him.
- Funny story about the brahmacari who cried non-stop and was put on the roof so as not to disturb Srila Gurudeva. Days later he returned to his house, pretending to have prema.
- The sahajiyas pretend to have prema in their hearts.
- Pure devotees cry in separation pastimes and laugh in encounters.
- Funny lila of the gopi making rice pudding and asking the old mother-in-law to take care of it.
- Funny lila of when Krishna entered a gopi’s room.
PART 2
