SUMMARY
- Knowing how to listen is the necessary way to gather the whole essence of bhakti.
- We should all sit and listen to all speakers, and after listening, we should remember.
- Example of Nityananda Prabhu who did parikrama with Jiva Gosvamipada.
- On surrender, quoting Prahlada Maharaja.
- Analogy between pure gold, which depends on goldsmiths to be transformed into different ornaments, and bhakti, which depends on surrender to the guru and Krishna.
- On the eight verses of Sri Siksastakam that glorify the holy names.
- Srila Rupa Gosvamipada compiled verses from different acaryas in Sri Padyavali, where he explains how we can become absorbed in hari-katha.
- A beautiful pastime where Mother Yasoda tells the Ramayana to Krishna.
- On being absorbed in listening to, singing, and remembering Krishna’s sweet pastimes.
- On remembering Krishna’s different names in His sweet pastimes of Vrndavana.
- On the service of Rupa Manjari and Rati Manjari to Srimati Radhika.
- The meanings of Srimati Radhika’s names Rasesvari and Vinodini.
- On reading sacred books, on remaining focused so that we can consequently remember them more easily.
