PART 1
- Being born in Satya-yuga is no guarantee of reaching the spiritual world, one must practice bhajana and sadhana.
- This Kaly-yuga is special, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu came and promised to liberate all living entities, but one must practice spiritual life.
- Gurudeva explains the meaning of tat-tat-karma, sad-vrtti and sato-vrtteh, mentioned in the third verse of Sri Upadesamrta.
- Rupa and Santana, true sadhus, how they maintained themselves and how they did bhajana and sadhana.
- Santana Gosvami’s pastime at Manasi Ganga, where when attacked by mosquitoes, Lord Siva intervened and asked him to remain in that place.
- Description of the Naga-sadhus who live austere practices high in the Himalayas.
- Naga-sadhus long to merge into the Brahman effulgence.
- Haridasa Thakura was always chanting the Holy Names and received the title of Nama-acarya from Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
- Gaura Kisora āāBabaji Maharaja, an uttama-uttama-maha-purusa is an example that knowledge is not more important than the practice of bhakti.
- Knowledge of the Lord, Bhagavat-tattva. Now we know who Bhagavan, Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is and that the soul is an integral part of the Lord.
- We know that the Lord, Krsna is Sacinandana.
- The knowledge that we are not the body, we are the soul, and that the soul is an integral part of the Lord.
- Pastime of Narada Rsi and Mrigari, as an example of causeless mercy.
- ā Mercy without cause is rare, we need to practice spiritual life.
- We need to realize that we are drowning, our thought should be solely that the Lord will come to save us.
- Story of Draupadi, who expected to be saved by her husbands and was not, tried to save herself by holding her sari but could not and ended up raising her arms and surrendering to the Lord.
- We have to be aware of our good fortune, practice bhajana and sadhana. Lord Caitanya promised, we are before a bona fide sadhu who will come to free us.
PART 2
