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– He who speaks Harikatha is opening his heart and expressing it in words.
– The more we hear Harikatha and the granthas, the cleaner and purer our hearts will become.
– The conditioned soul is full of anarthas (undesirable things within its heart), for it has no taste for hearing Harikatha.
– If we have no taste for hearing the Harikathas about Radha and Krishna, all our efforts will be in vain.
– Sloka: dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ… (SB 1.2.8).
– It is essential for our spiritual life to increasingly associate with sadhus and listen to Harikatha; this is evidenced in all sacred scriptures.
– Always listen to Harikatha from those devotees who share the same mood; this is the process of cleansing the heart.
– Without associating with sadhus, the heart cannot be purified.
– We need to read, listen, and learn who a sadhu is, what the symptoms of a sadhu and a Vaishnava are.
– Regarding the five limbs of bhakti: sadhu-sanga, nama-sankirtana, bhagavata-sravana, mathura-vasa, and sri-murtir-sevana.
– All limbs of bhakti must be realized in sadhu-sanga.
– If we cannot live in Sacred dhama, we must keep our minds in Vrndavana.
– All of Krishna’s names are sweet, but we should especially remember those names that are related to His sweet pastimes.
– Verse by Rupa Gosvami: tan-nāma-rūpa-caritādi-sukīrtanānu-… (Nectar of Instruction 8). Our minds should always be absorbed with the names, form, qualities, and pastimes of Sri Krishna.
– Our minds should always be in Vrndavana because Krishna Vrajendra Nandana Syamasundar never leaves Vrndavana; only His expansions go out to stroll in other cities.
– Krsna likes to savor the different sweet moods of different devotees.
– If we want to go to the Lord’s abode, we must practice pure devotional service.
– About the story of the teacher and the students who didn’t like to study.
– The conditioned soul has a taste for hearing worldly matters.
