– Question: Is it true that our soul is sleeping somewhere else?
– Two functions of maya: avaranatmika-vritti and vikshepatmika-vritti.
– The subtle body (sukshma-sharira) and the gross body (sthula-sharira).
– At the stage of bhava-dasha, a sadhaka gives up their gross and subtle bodies, and their atma-sharira manifests.
– The soul is very minute: ‘bālāgra-śata-bhāgya-śatadhā kalpitaḥ ca…’ (Shvetashvatara Upanishad 5.9).
– You will realise your soul by regularly chanting the holy names: ‘ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ’ (Sri Shikshashtaka 1).
– When we are awake, our soul resides in our eyes; when we are in a deep sleep, it is in our heart.
– Question: Why do we have certain dreams? What is their significance?
– Prarabdha-karma and aprarabdha-karma.
– The difference between brahmavadis and mayavadis.
– The book Going Beyond Nirvana explains the concept of mayavadis.
– The power of nama-abhasa (Ajamila’s story) and shuddha-nama.
– Question: Is our suffering the result of past lives only, or of the present life as well?
– Sadharana-vichara (general conception) and vishesha-vichara (special conception).
– Verse: api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk (BG 9.30).
– The importance of ‘nama-samskaras’ (names given by a pure devotee).
– The story of a sadhu and a prostitute who were taken by the Yamadutas and Vishnudutas.
– Srila Rupa Gosvami and Kanja Krishnadasa.
– You can chant fewer holy names and do less sadhana, but you must never commit an offence against a Vaishnava.
