31 Dec 2025 midday – Faith in Guru’s Words is Fundamental (English) – Palhoca, Brazil

– 2025 will never come back.
– A vast amount of knowledge is useless. Self-realisation is the only important thing.
– Always listen to hari-katha and surrender completely to Krishna to protect yourself from maya.
– Without surrendering to the guru, we cannot surrender to Krishna.
– Guru-vakya-vishvasa: faith in one’s guru’s words is very important.
– Verse: ‘Guru-mukha-padma-vākya, citete koriyā aikya’ (Prema-bhakti-chandrika 2).
– Gurudeva is my supreme benefactor.
– The three Haridasas are Uddhava, Yudhishthira Maharaja and Govardhana.
– Uddhava-katha and Yudhishthira-katha.
– The difference between the asvamedha-jajna and the rajasuya-jajna.
– The ‘rajasuya-jajna’ of Yudhishthira Maharaja.
– If your mother is calling you and someone is drowning and calling for your help at the same time, what would you do? Similarly, Krishna was wondering whether to save the kings imprisoned by Jarasandha or to attend Yudhishthira Maharaja’s rajasuya-jajna.
– Narada Rishi in the house of Yudhishthira Maharaja.
– Guru-nishtha and guru-bhakti are the backbone of our bhakti.