- Verse: labdhvā su-durlabham idaṁ bahu-sambhavānte…(SB 11.9.29).
- There are four things that we achieve in every life: eating, sleeping, mating and defending ourselves. However, sadhu-sanga and Harikatha are very rare.
- Example of Bharata Maharaja who became attached to a deer and therefore in his next life he was born in a deer body.
- You can remain with your family, mother, father, wife, children, but you must practice devotional service to God.
- Bhajana and sadhana are the essence of all the Vedas, Puranas and Upanisads.
- The specialty of this Kali-yuga, which is full of mercy.
- Krsna comes as Caitanya Mahaprabhu and tells His potency of compassion, Karuna Sakti, that she is free to go wherever she wants, so she runs freely to all corners of the world, like a horse without reins.
- Many people say, “I have no qualification,” but Mahaprabhu is saying that He will give mercy to everyone, qualified and unqualified.
- The six types of people who do not want to receive Gauranga’s mercy, but still He runs after them and grants His mercy by force.
- Mahaprabhu gives the pot and the milk, and the pot is: trnad api sunicena, that is, Mahaprabhu will make us humble.
- Nama-prema mala gati: the Lord distributes prema by offering us the garland of the Holy Names.
- In other ages there was nama-sankirtana, but these namas only bestow Vaikuntha-prema, but in the present age, chanting the Holy Names bestows Golokera prema-dhana, the highest prema.
- Nitai promised, “O my brothers, just chant the Holy Names, I am taking the responsibility of delivering you from samsara.”
- While Krsna distributes prema only in Vraja, Mahaprabhu distributes it in every corner of the world.
- Krsna performs His rasa-lila and calls only the young gopis with His flute, but Mahaprabhu calls everyone without any discrimination.
- Caitanya Mahaprabhu also calls all His associates to participate in His pastimes, including those of Mathura, Dvarka and Vaikuntha.
- Gaura is not different from Krsna, but when we compare the pastimes, we see that Gaura-lila is very powerful.
- Caitanya Mahaprabhu is showing the highest love of Srimati Radhika.
- Song: Yadi Gauranga Nahito in honor of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja.
- The sovereignty of the Harikatha of Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja and his recognition as Yuga Acarya by the panditas of Vrndavana.
Hari-katha, Lectures in English, Hari-katha 2025
