08 June 2025 midday – Srila Gurudeva’s Instructions (English) | Alhandra, Portugal

* About the life of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami.
* Without association with a sadhu, Bhakti-devi cannot manifest in our heart.
* Chaitanya Mahaprabhu advises Raghunatha dasa Gosvami about true renunciation.
* We should control the six sense impulses: speech, thought, anger, tongue, stomach and genitals.
* There are five places where Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is always present.
* If you think that you have committed any offense to Vaishnavas, you should perform Vaisnava-seva (service to Vaishnavas).
* We will not be able to do bhajana and sadhana if we eat food prepared by a worldly person, because our mind will be contaminated.
* All rupanugas are raganugas, but not all raganugas are rupanugas.
* The Guru’s duty is to hold the disciple’s hand and offer him to Rupa Manjari, so that she will offer him to Srimati Radhika.
* The Guru and Vaishnava’s punishment is called mercy to the disciple, but when he glorifies him, it means he is deceiving him.
* Srila Gurudeva says that bhajana and sadhana are very far away and instructs us to first try to attain nishtha (firm faith): nama-nishtha, guru-nishtha, seva-nishtha.