Special program at the Embassy of India
– Gurudeva greets the Indian authorities and thanks them for the reception.
– Gurudeva also thanks Acyuta Priya for the coordination and organization of the event.
– Gurudeva asks all those present to enthusiastically spread Vedic culture.
– About Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who left us the Siksastaka.
– About the chanting of the Holy Names that fills hearts with joy and dispels all difficulties.
– Explanation about the soul, which is eternal and makes the body function.
– About the dialogue where Krishna explains to Arjuna that living entities are His part and parcel.
– Explanation for the word Body: b- birthday, o- old, d- disease; y- Yamaraja (lord of death).
– Krishna declares that whoever attains His abode never returns to this material world.
– Explanation for the three types of miseries: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika.
– Regarding our very fluctuating mind, the body is here, but the mind travels without a visa, passport, or ticket.
– Gurudeva explains the need to have the mind under control.
– On the relationship of the mind with imprisonment and liberation.
– Explanation of Krishna’s response to Arjuna, which deals with continuous practice and renunciation of the material senses.
– On chanting the pranama mantra “OM,” which simply promotes mind control.
– Meaning of the three syllables of the mantra “OM.”
– Quotation of the verse: Ceto-darpanam-marjanam… (Siksastaka 1).
– On the transcendental knowledge that manifests in the heart and the bliss achieved through chanting the Holy Names.
