- We should never ask Guru and Vaisnavas about material things, only things related to spiritual life.
- When practicing bhajana and sadhana two characteristics are manifested: klesagni (all types of miseries disappear) and subadha (all good qualities gradually appear).
- The six questions that Srila Sanatana Gosvami asked Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (CC Madhya-lila 20.103).
- Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura explains how to be adept in the reliable process of suddha-bhakti: following the four principles and chanting the Holy Names under the guidance of pure devotees of the Lord.
- Verse: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ — jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam (CC Madhya-lila 19.167).
- How to free yourself from the four main types of anarthas: svarupa-bhrama (illusion about identity), asat-trsna (thirst for material enjoyment), aparadha (offenses) and hrdaya-daurbhalya (weakness of heart).
- Verse: vāco vegaḿ manasaḥ krodha vegaḿ — jihvā vegam udaropastha vegam (Upadesamrta 1)
- Verse: guru-padasrayas tasmat krsna-diksadi-siksanam — visrambhena guroh seva (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.74-75).
- Song: Dekhite Dekhite.
- Recommended readings: first read the Upadesamrta, then the Manah-Siksa, the Siksastakam and then the Bhajana-rahasya.
- Always follow Vaisnava etiquette and be under the guidance of a trustworthy spiritual master.
- Verse: tiṣṭhan vraje tad anurāgi janānugāmī (Upadesamrta 8).
- Verse: ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi — na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.234).
- Listening live or online, what matters is listening to the harikatha and practicing what you hear.
- Verse: tāra madhye sarva-śreṣṭha nāma-saṅkīrtana (CC Antya-lila 4.71).
- The five obstacles to chanting the Holy Names: laya (drowsiness), viksepa (mental distraction), apratipatti (inability to concentrate on the Adorable Deity), kasaya (tendencies towards hatred, envy, anger), rasasvada (sense gratification) .
- Verse: sādhu-saṅga, nāma-kīrtana, bhāgavata-śravaṇa (CC Madhya-lila 22.128).
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