– In this Kali-yuga there is only one process to achieve spiritual perfection: chanting the Holy Names.
– In the Kali Santarana Upanishad, Sri Vyasadeva explains that the Mahamantra of this Kali-yuga has 16 names and 32 syllables.
– The spiritual practice at home was: Satya-yuga/meditation; Treta-yuga/fire sacrifice; Dvapara-yuga/worship of the Deity; Kali-yuga/namasankirtana.
– A sloka explaining the benefits of chanting the Holy Names: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ… (Siksastakam 1).
– A verse revealing how to chant the Holy Names: tṛṇād api su-nīcena… (Siksastakam 3).
– Without the sadhu-sanga of the pure devotee, the pure Name does not manifest in the sadhaka.
– Verses revealing the fundamental importance of sadhu-sanga: satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido… (SB 3.25.25); and, ‘sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’—… (CC Madhya-lila 22.54).
– The root of Krsna-bhakti is the company of the pure devotee. If you chant alone, without the pure devotee, more anarthas will come to you.
– A beautiful song: Ohe! Vaisnava Thakura.
– Story of the lazy devotee who pretended to chant japa and did not help his Guru.
– Song from the Brhad Bhagavatamrtam: Sri Krsna Gopala Hare Mukunda.
– Song: Jaya Jaya Radhe Krsna Govinda.
– Radha fully knows the heart of Krsna and fulfills all His desires.
– Radha and Krsna’s Lila competing to see who could swim better.
– Radha’s Lila conversing with a celestial lady who was Krsna Himself in disguise.
– Tirtha-bhumi is a place of pilgrimage because it is where a pure devotee practices bhajana.
– Someone whose heart is free from offenses receives the good influences that a tirtha-bhumi bestows.
– Giriraja Govardana witnesses the pastimes of Radha and Krishna.
– Srila Gurudeva Vana Gosvami Maharaja likes to stay at the house where Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja used to stay in Kuala Lumpur.
– Song: Suddha Bhakta.
