06 Dec 2025 morning walk – What Is Most Important in Life (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil

– Knowledge and self-realization are different.
– Realization comes through the causeless mercy of Guru and Krishna, and also through the efforts of the sadhaka.
– The body is always changing, but the soul is eternal and transcendental.
– Only in the human form of life is it possible to practice devotional service.
– The cause of Krishna-bhakti is association with the sadhu.
– Sloka: bhaktis tu bhagavad-bhakta… (Brhan-naradiya Purana 4.33).
– Sadhu-sanga means listening to harikatha; this is the most important thing, as it is food for the soul.
– No one should stay in the same grade; the sadhaka needs to develop.
– Bhagavatad-kathamrtam is the best food for the soul.
– Aropa-siddha-bhakti, sanga-siddha-bhakti, svarupa-siddha-bhakti.
– Sloka presenting the definition of bhakti: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ… (CC Madhya 19.167).
– A disciple asks his guru when he will be able to practice devotional service; the answer is: chant Hare Krishna constantly.
– Nama-sankirtana and Krishna-bhajana are the most important things in life.
– Maya’s duty is to create illusions. That which is not true, she makes seem true.
– When one chants the Holy Names constantly, naturally the taste arises; the explanation is in the seventh verse of the Upadesamrta.
– ⁠The conditioned soul has committed many offenses, but by chanting continuously, the offenses disappear.
– The best remedy for Goloka Vrndavana is the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.