00:00:00 – Listen to Hari-katha, otherwise the mind will be restless.
0:03:00 – Opening prayers.
0:07:20 – Bhaktivedanta Swami Sarasvati Prabhupada explains: only Hari-katha can protect us from Maya, when heard from the mouth of a rasika Vaishnava.
0:13:20 – To offer respects mentally to one who chants the holy names; one who has taken diksha should offer pranams.
0:13:40 – Ninda (criticism) is speaking that which is untrue. Do not speak if you are not sure of the truth.
0:26:22 – One who possesses firm faith (shraddha), faith in the guru and in Vaishnavas, must study tattva. Then bhakti, knowledge, and renunciation will come.
0:29:30 – Bhakti means serving Krishna. Seva-vritti (service tendency). Serve the guru and the Vaishnavas; then all obstacles will be destroyed.
0:39:59 – Shukadeva Gosvami (Bhadrānī) uvāca: the son of Vyasadeva performed severe austerities to get a devoted son. Gandhari got 100 sons, and none were devotees; Queen Kunti had all children who were devotees.
0:46:00 – “Krishna is a family member” — this is how the Vrajavasis think. In Chaitanya-bhagavata, it is said, “We are all servants of Krishna. Jivera svarūpa haya…
0:49:40 – When you take Thakuraji (the Deity), you must perform achamana.
0:50:07 – Only Krishna grants us mukti. Shivaji chants “Ram, Ram,” and Brahmaji chants “Krishna, Krishna…” This is described in the Brahma-samhita.
0:58:40 – If faith is weak, a person does not hear the voice of faith. To hear the voice of faith of the Guru, follow the Guru’s instructions and the shastras.
1:02:52 – A story of how Nimai sat in the place of Shivaji where girls were worshipping and said, “Chant the holy names; why are you chanting Durga’s names?”
1:06:55 – To worship Krishna, one must listen to Hari-katha, follow the Guru, have the seva-vritti, and chant Hari-nama. Bhajan: “Vaishnava Thakura…”
1:11:16 – Pray to Krishna for viraha-prema (love in separation). Once, Shivaji fell ill and could not get darshan of his Ishtadeva. Then the Ishtadeva Himself came to take darshan of Gopeshvara Mahadeva.
Brazil, Lectures in English, Translated into Portuguese, Brazil 2025
