29 August 2025 evening – The Bhakti Creeper and Its Leaves (English) | Brisbane, Australia

– We should listen to Harikatha, but not from an avaisnava (non-Vaisnava), even though Krsna katha is very powerful.
– By listening to Harikatha, all undesirable things (anarthas) are removed from our hearts.
– Sadhana-bhakti goes from the stage of sradha to asakti.
– Those who practice sadhana will see bhakti-lata-bija (the seed of devotion) manifest in their hearts.
– The first two leaves of the bhakti creeper that sprout represent that all sorrows, sufferings, and sins will disappear from our hearts. Even the desire to commit sinful activities will disappear, and all good qualities will develop in the practicing devotee.
– ⁠Krsna-katha and Krsna-nama are very powerful and, therefore, capable of eliminating karmas that have already fructified, as well as those about to fructify.
– ⁠Although the practice provides artha, kama, dharma, and moksa, devotees should be eager to desire only Radha-prema.
– ⁠Devotees who have attained bhava-bhakti understand that liberation from the cycle of birth and death is a trivial matter.
– ⁠Another leaf that emerges is that Krsna will be very attracted to you.
– ⁠The real reason Krsna herds the cows is to seek the gopis.
– ⁠Our Worshipful Deity is Srimati Radhika, and the transcendental mood of a lover does not manifest anywhere else but in Goloka Vrndavana.
– ⁠Only the gopis are capable of controlling Krsna.
– ⁠The entire world is purified because a pure devotee glorifies Braja-gopi-katha.
– ⁠The service of the gopis includes four types of moods.
– ⁠Parakhiya-bhava is described only in Srimad-Bhagavatam.
– ⁠Radha said, “Krsna, You don’t know what love is! In Your next incarnation, You will draw water from the Yamuja, and I will play the flute. Then You will understand.”
– ⁠Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the manifestation of magnanimity and munificence, for no other avatar has distributed prema.