– The months Asvini (September/October) and Kartika (October/November) are very auspicious.
– Read Brhad-Bhagavatamrtam and Bhajana Rahasya, and chant the Damodarastakam in these months.
– The Brhad-Bhagavatamrtam is divided: 1st part on Narada Rsi (tattva-siddhanta); 2nd part on Gopa Kumara (rasa-madhurya-katha).
– Description of the planets above Svarga-loka.
– The spiritual goal achieved is not the same for all religions; each mystical practice leads to a specific result. Impersonalists believe that everyone goes to the same place; this is a deficiency of intelligence.
– Detailed description of the Brhad-Bhagavatamrtam by Sanatana Gosvami: Gopa Kumara, his Guru Jayanta, and his disciple Janasarma (brahmana of Mathura).
– Description of the story of Gopa Kumara.
– Description of the story of Janasarma, the brahmana of Mathura.
– Krishna Lila with Narada Muni visiting a wealthy non-devout man and a poor devout woman.
– What is better, the life of a brahmacari or a grhastha?
– Prahlada Maharaja’s sloka speaking to his father: śrī-prahlāda uvāca tat sādhu manye ‘sura-varya dehināṁ… (SB 7.5.5).
– Mantra that Guru Jayanta chanted: Sri Krsna Gopala Hare Mukunda.
– The importance of the Guru, the one who, with all affection, plants and cultivates the seed of bhakti in the disciple’s heart.
