Verse: Srimad Bhagavatham – 7.7.28
Where: Jun 30′th 2007, Poland.
Courtesy: Candrasekhar Acarya Das.
Essence: “You can never repay debt you owe to your Spiritual Master. You can never put a price on what Spiritual Master gives you. It is priceless. Although we cannot pay, we still have to try. How do we try to pay – by pleasing the Spiritual Master by preaching Krishna consciousness”
Category: Scriptures
Convincing the obvious
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatham – 7.7.29
Where: Jun 30′th 2007, Poland.
Courtesy: Candrasekhar Acarya Das.
Essence: “It is just amazing that it is so obvious that if you try to enjoy material life, you are going to suffer more. But people don’t catch it. We foolishly hold on to these material desires, despite of the fact of the experience of superiority of Krishna Consciousness.”
Remain Pure
Where: Apr 26’th 2007, Hungary.
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatham – 6.18.53
Courtesy: Braja Gopali Dasi.
Essence: “The most important thing is we have to remain pure. Then message of Godhead can come through hearts of devotees. We have very heavy responsibility now…we are Lord’s instruments now. We have to become good devotees, so our Spiritual masters’ can conquer the world.”
Be a Brahmacari at heart
Where: Apr 23’rd 2007, Hungary.
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatham – 4.8.1
Courtesy: Braja Gopali Dasi.
Essence: “…Spirit of renunciation runs through all the ashrams to a greater or lesser extent..ultimately one should choose the ashram in which one feels most comfortable in advancing in Krsna Consciousness..”
How to become Atmarama
Verse: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya Lila – 24.283-284.
Where: Apr 21’st 2007, Hungary.
Courtesy: Braja Gopali Dasi.
Essence: “…If we can become free from tendency towards pride and chant Hare Krishna as Maha Prabhu wants us to chant in the trinad api verse, then against all odds, in Kali yuga we can become Atmarama.”
Goal of human form of life.
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 7.3.
Where: New Windsor, USA, March 24, 2007.
Essence: “The goal of human form of life is to awaken our divine consciousness and awaken our dormant love for God. In this age of Kali this can be very easily achieved by chanting the holy names of the Lord: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.”
Lord Caitanya – Most Merciful
Verse: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya Lila – 14.1-14.
Where: March 22’nd 2007, North Carolina.
Courtesy: Cintamani Dasi.
Essence: “…This is the great mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, even the most fallen can advance in Krishna Consciousness and can advance to what? the highest stage of Krishna Consciousness, we can go back home back to Godhead, go back to Goloka.”
Beware of the demoniac
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatham – 7.2.46
Where: Mar 19’th 2007, Alachua.
Courtesy: Cintamani Dasi.
Essence: “..All this knowledge doesn’t make Hiranyakasipu wise, leaving apart being called as a devotee. Sometimes little knowledge is more dangerous than no knowledge.”
Important ingredient of chanting
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatham – 7.5.11
Where: Mar 18′th 2007, Alachua.
Occasion: Sunday Love Feast.
Courtesy: Cintamani Dasi.
Essence: “Chanting Hare Krsna is the basic activity in Krishna consciousness. But quality of that chanting is important..What is the most important ingredient of chanting? It is humility”
Essence of Bhagavad Gita
Where: March 16’th 2007, Atlanta.
Courtesy: Cintamani Dasi.
Essence: “If you strike that balance between accepting what is necessary for keeping body and soul together and use greater balance of your time for self-realization, there is a good chance that when you leave this body, you have no attachments for this world and all your attachments have gone to God, then punar janma na vidhyate.”