- The transcendental soul is neither born nor dies, what is born is the body.
- The human body is very rare, it is rarer to find a pure devotee of the Lord, and even rarer to recognize him.
- Krsna tells Uddhava Maharaja to always give respect to the Guru as if he were Him.
- The spontaneous nature of the soul is to serve Krsna.
- Practicing immaculate devotional service, suddha-bhakti, leads us to the Lord.
- Narada Rsi asks the Lord where Krsna is? Krsna replies, “where the pure devotee glorifies My pastimes.”
- Harikata is the transcendental sound vibration that enters the ears and goes to the heart.
- Only through Vraja prema-bhakti is it possible to control the Lord.
- Subal and Sridama control Krsna with friendship, mother Yasoda controls with maternal love and the gopis with madurya-bhava, sweetness.
- Sloka: sarva-dharmān parityajya… (BG 18.66), complete surrender.
- Srimad Bhagavatam explains how to serve Krsna, with prema-maiy-seva, love and affection, and the highest transcendental mood: parakiya-bhava of gopis.
Hari-katha, Lectures in English, Hari-katha 2024
