- About Chaturmasya vrata.
- The celebration of Vyasa-puja began with Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
- Nityananda Prabhu received diksha from Laksmipati Tirtha.
- Lila of Nityananda Prabhu placing the Vyasa-puja garland on Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
- Music: Krsna Hoite Chaturmukha.
- Sloka: ahaṁ vedmi śuko vetti… (Cc. Madhya-lila 24.313).
- One can understand the Vedic scriptures only after receiving the mercy of the Lord.
- If the sun does not rise, nothing is seen.
- The mercy of the bhakta and the mercy of Bhagavan are intertwined.
- Sloka: athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya… (SB 10.14.29).
- Vyasadeva is vishaya-tattva.
- Lila from when Vyasadeva was troubled in mind and Narada Muni enlightened him.
- Sloka: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ… (SB 1.3.28).
- Our goal is not dharma, artha or kama.
- Light and darkness cannot be in the same place at the same time.
- Nice explanation of why Shivaji doubts Vyasadeva’s knowledge of the Srimad-Bhagavatam.
- Difference between study (being learned) and the realisation of study coming from mercy – jnana and vijnana.
- There are people who speak beautifully but don’t have realisation, and there are those who don’t speak beautifully and have realisation.
- How do we know if we have realisation of the scriptures? Jnana and vairagya will be there!
- History and glories of Srila Bhakti Vijnana Bharati Maharaja.
- Vani-seva is very important.
- He who weeps for Maya is called a shudra, and he who weeps for Krishna is called a bhakta.
- The bhakta does not belong to any caste.
- Sloka: janmanā jāyate śūdraḥ saṁskārad bhaved dvijaḥ (Skanda Purana).
- How to make offerings to Thakuraji depends on the time, place, and circumstances.
- Sri Upadesamrta, verses 2 and 3.
- 6th verse of Sri Shad-gosvami-ashtaka.
- Lila on Raghunatha dasa Gosvami’s illness and rice pudding.
- Instructions on the mantras.
Finland, Glories of Vaishnavas, Lectures in English, Finland 2023
