PART 1
- About Mahaprabhu and the devotees of Lord Shiva.
- Legend of Parvati and Shiva as birds.
- We should bathe in sacred rivers like Kaveri.
- Mahaprabhu has darsana of Ranganatha and Bhatta brothers become happy (family of Gopala Bhatta Gosvami).
- Mahaprabhu stayed for four months in the home of the Bhatta family and gave harikatha.
- Story about a funny method Narada Rsi uses to create interest in hearing harikatha in a couple of devotees.
- The soul’s nature is to serve Krishna and the Guru’s duty is to speak harikatha.
- The best service to the sadhu is to sit and listen to him speak Krishna-katha.
- Caitanya Mahaprabhu was invited to honor prasada in many houses in Bengal. So it is with sadhus in Bengal to this day.
- Mahaprabhu’s beautiful lila and the young man who could barely read and not understand the Bhagavad Gita but felt bliss nonetheless.
- Whoever reads the Bhagavad Gita with faith and attention attracts the Lord Himself and Srimati Radhika to the place.
- He who is not moved by weeping or shivering when chanting the holy names and hearing harikatha is one who has a heart of stone.
- He who does not use his eyes and tongue to see the Deity and talk about the Lord, impairs his senses in the next life.
- The Vaisnavas are humble when they say not to touch on their feet – we should touch on their feet!
- By chanting the mantra, the mantra itself manifests itself in the heart when one has sadhu-sanga, even if one does not understand the meaning of the mantra.
- Until one reaches the stage of madhyama-adhikari, it is not possible to meditate on the meaning of the mantra.
- Instructions are given according to the qualification of the person.
- The more sincere the devotee is, the more Bhaktidevi manifests in the devotee’s heart.
- Shudha-cita = pure heart and without hypocrisy.
- The fisherman bathes in the Ganges, but still kills the fish.
- Lila from Krishna and the hunter. Krishna tells the story of the king and the time of scarcity in the kingdom.
- 5 prohibited activities in Kali-yuga: killing cows, ashvamedha yajna (horse sacrifice), offering meat to ancestors, karma-sannyasi, and marrying brother-in-law.
- The sacrifice of Kali-yuga is nama sankirtana. But, fire sacrifice can also be performed in this age.
PART 2
