- Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to say that it is very difficult to perform kirtana in front of Lord Jagannatha’s chariot, because kirtaniyas feel pain when playing instruments for many hours.
- Jagannatha was very happy with the devotees in this Ratha Yatra.
- One of the owners of the place receives harinama during harikatha: Gaura Sundara das.
- Love is essential in human life.
- Atyantik-sraddha: do or die.
- We should be one-pointed to the Guru.
- Lila from the Mahabharata: How the Pandavas and Kauravas learned archery from Dronacharya. Moral of the story: we should be one-pointed to Guru and Krishna (exclusive focus).
- Only the Guru can give the highest love and the Guru is not different from Krsna.
- Krsna-prakasa-vigraha: manifestation of embodied compassion.
- Guru-vakya-visvasa: unshakable faith.
- The neophyte devotee has a very fragile faith, like a very tender plant and insects can destroy this bhakti plant. Example of how we should avoid bad association.
- Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura said that it is very difficult to create, to build something, but it is very easy to destroy. Example of building construction.
- Verse: brahmanda bhramite kona (Caitanya Caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 19.151).
- We should water the seed of bhakti (bhakti-lata-bija) continuously in the heart.
- Associate with a saint who has the same mood and same tattva-sidhanta as your spiritual master.
- Example of bad association: Ganges water becomes impure with just one drop of alcohol.
- Do not listen to harikatha from an avaisnava (non-vaisnava). Example of milk touched by snake venom.
- Book: My Siksa-guru and Priya-Bandhu by Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja.
- Nitya-sastra says that it is not in every forest that you find sandalwood tree.
- Guru is Vaisnava and Vaisnava is Guru.
- Vaisnavas are impartial, but show more love and affection for their disciples (sisya-vatsalya).
- Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja said that the Guru can go several times to hell to rescue his disciple.
- Song Sri Guru Carana Padma.
- Gurudeva tells how he spent forty years at the lotus feet of his Gurudeva (Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja).
Brazil, Lectures in English, Translated into Portuguese, Brazil 2023
