- In Kali-yuga it is not possible to see the demigods in the fire sacrifice. The only method of self-realisation is the chanting of the holy names.
- About the problem of chanting mantras with wrong pronunciation, which led to the appearance of Vritrasura.
- In Kali-yuga there are many compromises. God accepts your mood, your sincere feelings at the time of offering.
-Indradyumna Maharaja, his wife Gundica on the day of the fire ceremony, and her caste queen Abhimana. - Gundica throws her nose ring into the sacred fire.
- After the snana yatra, Lord Jagannatha will rest in Gundica temple.
- Funny story of the wife preparing her husband’s suitcase.
- The sadhaka begins his practice in the mood of aisvarya and gradually enters the mood of sweetness.
- First take shelter at the lotus feet of the guru, receive diksa and siksa, and then serve the guru closely.
- Atma-visvasa = self-confidence.
- From time to time it becomes difficult to reconcile what the diksa-guru and the siksa-guru say. In these cases, although both are correct, we must give emphasis to what our Guru says.
- The different answer given by the sadhus and Sukadeva Gosvami to Pariksit Maharaja.
- Abandon all kinds of offences.
- Top 5 angas of bhakti.
- Kirtana is the movement of the lips by chanting or giving hari-katha.
- The mood of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
- The devotee must move from the mood of opulence to the mood of sweetness.
- We must follow the rules and restrictions to achieve raganuga-marga.
- Sloka:
sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa
siddha-rūpeṇa cātra hi
tad-bhāva-lipsunā kāryā
vraja-lokānusārata - Lord Jagannatha is going from Kuruksetra to Vrndavana, that is the mood of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. And it is the gopis who are carrying Lord Jagannatha.
- Mahaprabhu thinks that He is Radha and that Jagannatha is Krsna, and in that mood He understands that Krsna was sitting in the chariot of the gopis’ minds.
- The mahamantra has 16 holy names: meeting and separation; separation and meeting; meeting in separation; and separation in meeting.
Brazil, Lectures in English
