- What perfection do you want to achieve? Without sadhana and bhajana the goal cannot be reached.
- The process is bhakti yoga, that is, mood of service, as the manjaris serve Srimati Radhika.
- In raghanuga-bhakti, the most important thing is utkanta/greed and avesa/absorption.
- Vritrasura Prayers: …ahaṁ hare tava pādaika-mūla… (SB 6.11.24); na nāka-pṛṣṭhaṁ na ca pārameṣṭhyaṁ… (SB 6.11.25); mamottamaśloka-janeṣu sakhyaṁ… (SB 6.11.27). If there is attachment to material life, there will be imprisonment.
- Serve Krsna under the guidance of Srimati Radhika, as She knows His heart. It is not possible to serve Krsna directly.
- To serve under the guidance of Srimati Radhika one must be Her servant, Radha-dasyam.
- Spiritual knowledge is not like material logic, it is transcendental, it depends on how much you listen and absorb it.
- The mantra is very powerful, to be able to see you have to close your eyes, then the third eye manifests itself.
- The six ways to reach Krsna: kāmād dveṣād bhayāt snehād… (SB 7.1.30).
- By absorbing oneself in Krsna, spiritual desires will come, and material desires will go away.
- The gopis, especially Srimati Radhika, reached Krsna with their divine and transcendental love, we take shelter at their lotus feet.
Germany, Lectures in English, Germany 2024
