Bhakti Chakora Ashram
– A guru does not give material knowledge; that is the role of a teacher.
– The meaning of the word ‘guru’.
– Do not disturb karmic people by discouraging them from performing their prescribed duties: na buddhi-bhedaṁ janayed ajñānāṁ karma-saṅginām…(BG 3.26).
– Story: A servant ruined a cabbage by tearing off all its leaves while searching for the fruit inside .
– Definition of bhakti: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam… (BRS 1.1.11).
– The guru’s duty is to awaken shuddha-bhakti in the devotee’s heart.
– Krishna is not simple, He is wonderfully crooked. But you should be simple, otherwise, you will not learn everything from guru.
– Verse: guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā sarva-labdhārpaṇena ca…(SB 7.7.30).
– On the difficulty of attracting people to Krishna Consciousness and helping them remain fixed in it.
– On devotees joining other sampradayas, encouraging others to do the same, and then criticizing our sampradaya (comparison of our organization to a human organism, those who cannot digest just go out of organism).
– Bhakti-marga is like a jewellery shop selling diamonds, not an ordinary thing.
– The only qualification for bhakti is simple faith (Mrigari, Dhruva, Kubja, Gajendra etc).
– Verse: dhyāna-mūlaṃ guror mūrtiḥ…(Sri Guru-stotra).
– Guru’s mercy comes in three ways: hardika, vachaka, alokadana.
– Gurudeva and Chaitya-guru are always with you. You are not alone.
– Verse: gurur brahmā gurur viṣṇur gurur devo maheśvaraḥ… (Manu-smriti).
– If you love Chandravali, Srimati Radhika will never accept you.
