– Gurudeva’s meeting with his uncle, Srila Madhusudana Maharaja, at the time, Krsna Krpa Brahmacari. – The glories of Srila Madhusudana Maharaja, who was the Sanskrit teacher at Sri Devananda Gaudiya Matha. – Gurudeva said that he personally served Srila Madhusudana Maharaja for about a year and a half straight. – Krsna Krpa Brahmacari was considered seva-murti, the personification of devotional service. – The story of when a sannyasi said that Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja was disturbing Srila Swami Prabhupada’s mission. – The teaching of the Vaisnavas on the Sloka: tṛṇād api su-nīcena taror iva sahiṣṇunā (CC Ādi-lila 17.31). – The sastra says: chant the Holy Names with your mouth and serve the Vaisnavas with your hands. – Song: Sita Ram Kahiye. – Vaisnava means: one who is always chanting Hare Krsna and serving Guru and Vaisnavas. – Story of when Madhusudana Maharaja asked Gurudeva to cook for six hundred people. – If you want to stay in the Temple, you must endure the punishments of the Vaisnavas, an example of the treatment received by the brahmacaris in the Sri Devananda Gaudiya Matha. – Where does the effulgence that they call brahma come from? Of the corporeal effulgence of Sri Krsna. – Sloka: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (Śrī brahma-saṁhitā 5.1). – What is the purpose of creating the material world? For Krsna’s pleasure, He is Bhagavan. But no one knows the real reason. – The highest form of Krsna is manifested in the rasa dance, gopi-jana-vallaba. – Song: Damodarastakam. – Krsna-katha, Krsna-nama are Krsna Himself. – Krsna savors the prema of the gopis’ hearts. – Vraja gopi parakiya-prema is the highest. – The four points in the mood of parakiya (lover): meeting with Krsna is rare, love is hidden, there are restrictions from society, and, mood of annoyance.
Brazil, Glories of Vaishnavas, Lectures in English, Translated into Portuguese, Brazil 2024
