– You should 1) put in effort like a crow trying to get water from inside a pot; 2) put in effort like a crane who stands in the water on one leg and catches fish; 3) sleep lightly like a dog.
– Eat less to be less sleepy. One-fourth of your stomach should be left empty.
– Where your money is, there your mind is.
– On seva in Navadvipa-dhama during Gurudeva’s earlier years: the duties of head pujaris, assisting pujaris, etc.
– Gurudeva’s memories of how he once pressed a spoon hard into a papaya while cooking, and it shot out — and his uncle gave him a smack for it.
– Lila: Srimati Radhika wanted to sit on Krishna’s shoulders but He disappeared. Two reasons for His disappearance from Srimati Radhika.
– The love of the gopis for Krishna is not aimed at anyone else — that’s why it’s full of madhurya.
– Verse: hā nātha ramaṇa preṣṭha kvāsi kvāsi mahā-bhuja… (CC Adi 6.71).
– Song: Gopi-gita.
– Left-wing and right-wing mood of the gopis.
– Purvaraga in meeting and separation.
25 Feb 2026 midday – Mellows of gopi-prema (Hindi) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja


