- The process to chant the holy names: you have to listen to the sixteen names; always chant fixed number of rounds and then can develop chanting holy names.
- You have to listen if you are chanting the holy names or not and keep a note of how many rounds you chant a day.
- Harikatha of Srila Haridasa Thakura and Six Gosvami’s chanting holy names.
- The two meanings of laksha.
- The symptom of Prema.
- At the stage of bhava-dasya, siddha-dasya, the holy names will automatically dance on your tongue.
- Beautiful discussion describing Prema.
- The love and relationships with the material body.
- Love in the material world is mixed with Maya’s gunas.
- Where does atma reside in the body? The three places.
- Everyday we have to give food for the soul, harinama sankirtan and harikatha.
- How the eyes show love, the psychological effect.
- The nature of the eyes of the soul is to take Darshan of the beautiful form of the Govinda.
- The story of Ramanujacarya and Danodara the ferocious drunkard who believed the form of his girlfriend was more beautiful than Thakurji.
- Guru’s mercy comes in three ways: hardika; revealing tattva-siddhanta in the disciples heart, vacika; words, his heartily blessings, and aloka-dana; the powerful glance of the pure devotee.
- examples of Guru’s mercy: Narada Rsi and Mrigari and Srila Haridas Thakura and the prostitute who became a great devotee harikatha.
- The four ways Guru gives nourishment to his disciple: the tortoise, the bird, the fish and the crocodile.
- Harikatha is very powerful.
Hari-katha, Lectures in English, Hari-katha 2024
