- Speaking is easy, listening is difficult.
- 3 types of listeners: shrota (one who listens); sarota (one who does not listen); and, sota (one who sleeps).
- Not listening to hari-katha is an offence, but if you also gossip during hari-katha, it is a much worse offence.
- We got the opportunity of the human body only after we were born into the 8,400,000 life forms. And the human body is given to us to hear hari-katha from the lotus-mouths of sadhus, gurus and vaisnavas.
- God is in hari-katha.
- Never listen to hari-katha from non-devotees, i.e. those who criticise Vaisnavas.
- Song: Tava Kathamrita Tapta Jivanam
- Milk is healthy, but you will die if you drink milk that has been touched by the poisonous tongue of a snake.
- Rohini Devi’s Lila answering questions from the queens of Dvaraka about Krsna’s relationship with the gopis and Vraja’s amorous pastimes.
- Lakshmi Devi and Uddhava do not understand vraja-bhavas.
- You have all lost Krsna and are not weeping for Him.
- A funny story about the old woman who had bad eyesight and was looking for the needle she had lost in the house on the street. Such is the conditioned soul.
- By listening to hari-katha, whatever we already have in our heart will manifest.
- Everyone wants to hear krsna-katha.
- Ramanuja Acarya leaves his appearance party not to hear of his own glories.
- Lila of Mahaprabhu not wanting to hear about His own glories.
- Krsna and Durvasa Rsi.
- All the queens of Dvaraka begin to cry when they hear from Rohini Devi about the gopis’ katha.
- Narada Muni asks Krsna to manifest His mahabhava prakasa (molten) form of Jagannatha.
- The Ratha Yatra represents the gopis taking Krsna from Kuruksetra to Vrndavana.
- Samyogini Radha and Viyogini Radha.
- Everyone come to the Ratha Yatra!
15 Jun 2023 evening – Ratha-yatra (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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