Jul 14, 2025

Prabhupada: At the moment, most of the people in the world, theists, they understand god is everywhere. That is brahman feature. That is a beginner's understanding. Second understanding - supersoul. Third and ultimate - Bhagavan.
Some do not accept diety.
We have to deal with dieties at home and temple in realisation of bhagavan feature.
Ojasvi prabhu: Puri yatra - siddha-bakula - the Pujari - Krishna is in a form and name why worry about anything else - Nama chintamani krishna.
Krishna answers this in the 12th chapter of BG on personal feature being the easiest.
Chaitanya charan prabhu + Madhavananda prabhuji - Halwa example.

Jul 15, 2025

Neither do we understand brahman, paramatma or bhagavan feature. Only way is to take shelter of a pure devotee - for us that is prabhupada and this way we can follow the parampara.
We want to be happy - because nature of the soul.
Krishna is always happy and is always filled with transcendental bliss (ānanda-mayo ’bhyāsāt).
mamaivamsa jiva loka jiva bhuta sanatana.
We are seeking happiness in the wrong place.
Krishna was killing different deamons in the past-times. We have to also kill deamons of anarthas - not by ourselves but by taking the shelter of Krishna.
Always be a warrior and a beggar. Warrior against maya and anarthas and beggar for mercy from devotees.
These are the 5 primary rasas The Lord is always engaged in transcendental loving activities with His spiritual associates in the various relationships of śānta (neutrality), dāsya (servitorship), sakhya (friendship), vātsalya (parental affection) and mādhurya (conjugal love).
Dasysa - Hanuman, santa - 4 Kumaras, vatsalya - vasudeva devaki, madhurya - gopis, sakhya - arjuna.
After initiation we start in the mood of Dasya - so that we are not carried away with saha-jiya mood. This way we serve devotees and the lord.
DAS - Dharma Artha Seva. Right dharma - Dharma hi enu...Jivera svarupa krishna nitya das. Whatever economic development we do we put it int the service of the lord. Seva - any one of the 9 sevas - the nine ways of bhakti. However, we first start with sravanam and kirtanam followed by vishnu smaranam. Any of the 9 sevas can take one back to SPOG. These will improve and keep us engaged in devotional service.
Krishna never leaves Vrindavana dham. How is everything in this creation managed? Prabhupada gives insight and with references to BG and SB.
Krishna expands through his paramatma feature. He does everything - creation maintenance and destruction through his expansion.
BG is not a book of religion but it is a scientific lifestyle. The philosophy in BG opens one's eyes.
Experiment has an outcome - Following BG shows that outcome.
Understanding dasya is hardest.
Prabhupada here is talking on vishnu tattva and that the paramatma feature is of Vishnu tattva. From Vishnu tattva, whole universe is created through the purusha features - Karanodakshya vishnu, Garbodaksaya vishnu.
Vishnu, Shiva, Jiva and Radha - the 4 types of tattvas.
Second canto explains the entire creation.
Same comes in BG, SB, CC and Brighu-Bhagavatam.
ALl we have to do is read the books by prabhupada scrutinisingly - the books will guide us.
10 canto - Face of Krishna. Secrets of Krishna and understand goloka-dham and rasas in goloka-dham.

Jul 16, 2025

When we pray to Krishna sincerely, He will come into our heart as Lord Narasimha and remove our anarthas.
Faith and balance is needed in spiritual life.
Knowing Krishna is the root of everything - Sarva karana karanam.
We should have good roots in our life. Roots are devotee members, having devotee association we get mercy and thus approach the lord.
Roots of good association - we are not shattered in life.
Human life is meant for tapasya.
Maturiy does not comes from reading sastras but in how we deal with devotees.
SB is the best medicine.
Story of Dhruva maharaj reference.

I have missing notes for 16th.