- Story of a brahmachari who, at the request of his Guru, went from house to house looking for a Vaisnava.
- We can only develop our spiritual life in sadhu-sanga.
- Verse: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila 22.54).
- Living entities forget Sri Krsna and therefore experience the three forms of material suffering.
- Sloka: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke (Bhagavad Gita 15.7).
- This material world is like a desert.
- Nama-sankirtana removes all obstacles and makes us reach Sri Krsna.
- Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.31.9).
- The stages of the bhakti process and the leaves of the bhakti vine.
- The devotees of Sri Radha and Krsna only want to serve Them, which is why they do not accept the five forms of mukti.
- kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa-bhāvitā matiḥ (CC Madhya-lila 8.70).
- Sri Krsna is only happy in Vrndavana, together with the Vrajavasis.
- Some lilas in sakhya-rasa, vatsalya-rasa and gopi-prema.
- In the prema-bhakti stage, Krsna will run after you.
- There are two Damodaras, Krsna Damodara and Radha Damodara.
Notes Variant 2
- Story of a guru asking his inexperienced disciple to only look for donations at the homes of Vaisnavas. However, no resident claimed to be a Vaisnava.
- Vaisnavas, who are truly qualified, do not consider themselves Vaisnavas.
- Srila Gurudeva thanks the devotees of the city for all their affection and dedication in helping him in Guru and Vaisnavas preaching.
- Sloka: na sādhayati māṁ yogo (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.14.20).
- Krsna says that it is only through sadhu-sanga and harikatha that a person can achieve self-realisation in bhakti.
- Sloka: kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi-bahirmukha (CC Madhya-lila 20.117).
- The baddha-jivas are completely forgotten about Krsna and suffer the three miseries of Maya.
- How to realise that we are soul? This is not an easy thing to accomplish. But through sadhu-sanga, one realises his soul identity and serves Krsna.
- Krsna is our father, mother, friend and is always calling for us.
- The conditioned soul looks like a deer that, thirsty, runs into the desert, thinking it will find water there.
- In this Kali-yuga, our best quality is the opportunity to chant the holy names.
- Sloka: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ (CC Antya-lila 20.12).
- Sloka: sādhu-saṅga, nāma-kīrtana, bhāgavata-śravaṇa (CC Madhya-lila 22.128).
- Sadhu-sanga means listening to harikatha.
- Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.31.9).
- Sloka: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.1.4).
- Sloka: satāṁ prasangān mama vīrya-saṁvido (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.25.25).
- Listening to harikatha, step by step, all suffering goes away, and all auspiciousness arrives.
- Description of the bhakti process, the gradual appearance of the six leaves of bhakti; and the attainment of the highest goal which is: Radha-dasyam.
- For now, you run after how to find Krsna, but in the prema stage, He will run after you.
