– Love is expressed through the eyes.
– A simple definition of prema is presented in the sloka: ananya-mamatā viṣṇau… (CC Madhya-lila 23.8).
– In the asakti stage, prema-abhasa manifests.
– Two symptoms of asakti: bhajane-ruci and bhajane-asakti.
– First ruci (liking) and then asakti (attachment).
– In the bhava stage, three internal symptoms and nine external symptoms appear.
– When it comes to prema, that which causes the destruction of love causes prema to increase even more; nothing can destroy prema/love.
– On the highest stage of prema: madanakya-mahabhava.
– Precious explanation of the difference between the union that the gopis have with Krishna, and the union that impersonalists achieve with Brahman.
– Wonderful explanation of the meaning of prema-vilasa-vivarta: that which results in the perplexity, or revolution, that the whirlwind of amorous ecstasy causes in the lovers Radha and Krishna, and other consequences.
– Vivarta has two meanings: whirlwind and delirium.
– One of the symptoms of mahabhava is atma-vismarana, self-forgetfulness, but jivas don’t understand this, as this stage has nothing to do with worldly madness.
– The gopis ask Uddhava: “Why has Krishna left us?”
– About the svakiya and parakiya humors.
– The feelings of shame and patience in women.
– About Shabari and her Gurudeva Matanga Rsi.
– Everything is explained in Jaiva Dharma.
– How Yogamaya expands and contracts the Sacred Dhama.
– The gopis break all the rules, they don’t allow anything to stop them from being with Krishna.
– What is necessary to participate in the rasa dance.
