Points to remember, contemplate and apply

1.

Loving service is the means to show our gratitude

2.

Krishna will take our devotional service seriously, when he sees we have gratitude to the
great souls, who have given their lives to help us

3.

Difficulties coming from Karma will give us Samaskaras that will further impel us to
perform sinful activities. But difficulties coming from Krishna will purify us.

4.

Krishna reveals himself according to our devotion

5.

The degree we dont want to hear and chant, to that degree we need them desperately

6.

An act done without the desire to serve brings very little purification, because Lord will
not reciprocate

7.

Mercy means to get what we do not deserve

8.

To the proportion we realize that this material world is dangerous and a miserable place
and I must have Krishnas shelter now, to that extent sound vibrations will awaken
realization, detachment and bhakti to us

9.

In conditioned nature, we do not understand the value of something until we loose it

10. Service attitude + Enthusiastic listening =Improved spiritual condition

11. Krishna Consciousness is not achieved, but awarded
12. To Love means to Serve
13. Real intelligence does not mean the ability to explain material phenomenon better, but the
ability to distinguish between truth and illusion
14. In this material world, all pleasures are sources of pain
15. You are where your mind is
16. Struggle is the name of the game as long as we are in this material world
17. Humility means that I should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by
others
18. Senses should be saturated with Krishna
19. Maya arranges the material world in a way to keep us away from Krishna
20. Responsibility means to perform our service properly with proper attitude, behaviour and
words
21. When you take responsibility over others, you have to be actually selfless
22. Two most dangerous offences in Bhakti are:
(i)

Offences against devotees

(ii)

Negligence in regulative principles

23. Real independence is to declare our dependence on Krishna

24. Genuine spiritual movement should forgive and encourage
25. It is not the light that is needed in this world, but the warmth, because we will die out of
cold, but not out of darkness
26. We cannot control the sins around us, but we can control the perception completely
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27. In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, the only means of deliverance is
Chanting the holy names. There is no other way, no other way, No other way.
28. Freedom given to us by God should be used intelligently.
29. The whole business of spiritual life is to give up material desires.
30. Krishna helps one to find bonafide Spiritual Master, and bonafide Spiritual Master helps
one to understand Krishna.
31. By cooperating and listening to the temple authorities one actually pleases the Spiritual
master also.
32. Bhishmas name in the boyhood was Devavrata.
33. Srila Visvanath Chakraarti thakura is the author of Sri Guruvastakam, Eight Prayers
Glorifying the spiritual Master.
34. He served as the protector, guardian and acharya of the gaudiya Vaishnavas.
35. the dust of the feet of a devotee, the water that has washed the feet of a devotee & the
remnants of food left by a devotee are two very powerful substances.
36. Scriptures point out that if one wants to chant the Hare Krishna mantra and realize the
mantra, one must avoid ten offenses.
37. We must all become ideal in our character and then people will be very impressedwith
such purity. A devotee is faultless, he has no flaws. (SP)
38. Advancement in Krishna Consciousness depends on attitude of the follower. (SP)
39. It is said that even one drop of happiness in Krsna Consciousness stands beyond
comparison with an ocean of happiness derived from any other activity.
40. One whole program is to train the untrained (SP: 13 th June, 1968).
41. Sri Jayadeva Goswami. The author of the Gita Govinda poem about pastimes of Sri Radha
Krsna and the author of Dasavatara Stotra.
42. Chanting the Holy Name is the highest form of Spiritual Practice.
43. Deepabali means- Deepa means candles and Bali means numerous. When numerous
candles are lighted it is called Deepabali. When one offers a lamp during the month of
Kartik, his sins in the many thousands and millions of births perish in half an eyeblink.
44. Glories of Kartika: Kartika month is particularly dear to Lord Sri Krsna. This month is full
of Bhakta Vatsalya. Specially to get Radharanis mercy.
45. Service in Krishna Conciousness is however best practiced under the able guidance of a
spiritual master who is a bonafide representative of Krsna.
46. Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master.Inquire from him submissively
and render service unto him. ( BG 4.34).
47. The intricates of action are very hard to understand. Therefore one should know properly
what action is , what forbidden action is, and what inaction is.
48. Radharanis family tree:
Father- Vrasabhanu, Mother- Kirtida, Sister- Ananga Manjari.

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