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• Thakura Haridasa was the living example of how to follow the regulative principles. Similarly, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was also such a living example  + (05:35:54, 17 May 2021)
• The twenty different moods headed by kila-kincita are described as follows. First, in connection with the body, there are bhava - ecstasy, hava - gestures and hela - negligence; in relation to the self there are sobha - beauty  + (05:38:23, 17 May 2021)
• The Gosvamis, especially Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, strictly followed all the regulative principles  + (05:39:18, 17 May 2021)
• The first regulative principle is that one must chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra loudly enough so that he can hear himself, and one must vow to chant a fixed number of rounds  + (05:42:00, 17 May 2021)
• The twenty different moods headed by kila-kincita are described as follows. In relation to the self there are sobha - beauty, kanti - luster, dipti - brilliance, madhurya - sweetness, pragalbhata - impudence, audarya - magnanimity and dhairya - patience  + (05:44:34, 17 May 2021)
• The twenty different moods headed by kila-kincita are described as follows. In relation to nature there are lila - pastimes, vilasa - enjoyment, vicchitti - breaking off and vibhrama - puzzlement  + (05:48:25, 17 May 2021)
• There are no English equivalents for the words kila-kincita, mottayita and kuttamita  + (05:51:26, 17 May 2021)
• Srimati Radharani’s flower garland consists of Her qualities and is divided into mental, verbal and bodily parts. Her attitude of forgiveness and mercy is all mental  + (05:54:47, 17 May 2021)
• Her (Radharani's) talks, which are very pleasing to the ear, are verbal. The bodily qualities are age, beauty, luster and grace  + (05:57:52, 17 May 2021)
• Radharani’s eight companions (asta-sakhi) are different varieties of pleasure connected with the pastimes of Krsna. Following those pastimes of Sri Krsna are other activities, which are represented by the assistants of the gopis  + (06:02:35, 17 May 2021)
• This (CC Madhya 8.182) is a quotation from Sri Govinda-lilamrta (11.122) by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami. It is a verse in the form of questions and answers describing the glories of Srimati Radharani  + (06:07:21, 17 May 2021)
• We should always remember that Krsna’s sense gratification is never to be compared to the sense gratification of the material world. As we have already explained, Krsna’s sense gratification is just like gold  + (06:11:04, 17 May 2021)
• The perverted reflection of that sense gratification found in the material world is just like iron  + (06:13:52, 17 May 2021)
• The purport is that Krsna is not impersonal. He has all the desires that are manifest in the perverted reflection within this material world. However, the qualities are different - one is spiritual, and the other is material  + (06:17:10, 17 May 2021)
• Just as there is a difference between life and death, there is a difference between spiritual sense gratification and material sense gratification  + (06:19:47, 17 May 2021)
• This verse (CC Madhya 8.188) is from the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu - 2.1.230  + (06:24:37, 17 May 2021)
• This (CC Madhya 8.190) quotation is also found in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu - 2.1.231  + (06:28:07, 17 May 2021)
• These statements (CC Madhya 8.192) are set forth for our understanding, according to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya  + (06:35:16, 17 May 2021)
• Caitanya told - My dear Ramananda, the explanation you have given about the goal of life and the pastimes of Srimati Radharani and Krsna is certainly the truth. Although this is factual, you can continue telling Me more if there is anything more to say  + (06:41:17, 17 May 2021)
• In reply (Lord Caitanya), Ramananda Raya said - I do not think I have anything to say beyond this, but there is a topic known as prema-vilasa-vivarta, which I may explain to You. I do not know whether it will bring You happiness or not  + (06:46:36, 17 May 2021)
• The topics that are about to be discussed between Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya cannot be understood by a materialistic poet, nor by intelligence or material perception  + (06:51:40, 17 May 2021)
• Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura states that the spiritual mellow can be realized only when one is situated on the transcendental platform beyond the material stage of goodness. That platform is called visuddha-sattva  + (06:55:45, 17 May 2021)
• Realization of the visuddha-sattva platform is beyond the pale of the material world and is not perceived by bodily senses or mental speculation  + (06:59:20, 17 May 2021)
• Our identification with the gross body and subtle mind is different from spiritual understanding. Since the intelligence and mind are material, the loving affairs of Sri Radha and Krsna are beyond their perception  + (07:02:37, 17 May 2021)
• A person who identifies with his material body cannot understand the talks between Sri Ramananda Raya and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu  + (07:10:43, 17 May 2021)

• Since material philosophers are situated in the material conception of life, they are unable to realize the spiritual prema-vilasa-vivarta. They cannot accommodate an elephant upon a dish  + (07:20:11, 17 May 2021)

• Mundane speculators cannot capture the spiritual elephant within their limited conception. It is just like a frog’s trying to measure the Atlantic Ocean by imagining it so many times larger than his well  + (07:24:06, 17 May 2021)
• Haridasa Thakura is known as namacarya because it is he who preached the glories of chanting hari-nama, the holy name of God  + (07:24:22, 17 May 2021)
• By using the words tomara avatara (“your incarnation”), Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu confirms that Haridasa Thakura is the incarnation of Lord Brahma  + (07:26:46, 17 May 2021)
• Materialistic philosophers and sahajiyas cannot understand the talks between Ramananda Raya and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu concerning the pastimes of Sri Radha and Krsna  + (07:27:05, 17 May 2021)
• The only tendency of the impersonalists or the prakrta-sahajiyas is to face the platform of impersonalism. They cannot understand spiritual variegatedness  + (07:29:54, 17 May 2021)
• Advanced devotees help the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His mission and that such devotees or personal associates incarnate by the will of the Supreme Lord  + (07:30:57, 17 May 2021)
• The Supreme Lord incarnates by His own will, and, by His will, competent devotees also incarnate to help Him in His mission  + (07:33:14, 17 May 2021)
• These verses (CC Madhya 8.194) were originally composed and sung by Ramananda Raya himself  + (07:33:55, 17 May 2021)
• Bhaktivinoda Thakura suggests that during the time of conjugal enjoyment, the attachment might be compared to Cupid himself. However, during the period of separation, Cupid becomes a messenger of highly elevated love. This is called prema-vilasa-vivarta  + (07:37:26, 17 May 2021)
• Haridasa Thakura is the incarnation of Lord Brahma, and other devotees are likewise incarnations who help in the prosecution of the Lord’s mission  + (07:38:10, 17 May 2021)
• When there is separation, conjugal enjoyment itself acts like a messenger, and that messenger was addressed by Srimati Radharani as a friend  + (07:40:37, 17 May 2021)
• Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, in his Anubhasya, quotes from the Visnu-smrti in reference to the sraddha-patra  + (07:42:21, 17 May 2021)
• The essence of this transaction (in the separation, conjugal enjoyment itself acts like a messenger) is that transcendental loving affairs are as relishable during separation as during conjugal enjoyment  + (07:44:49, 17 May 2021)
• If one is born in a brahmana family but does not behave according to brahminical standards, he should not be offered the sraddha-patra, which is prasadam offered to the forefathers  + (07:46:17, 17 May 2021)
• Advaita Acarya offered the sraddha-patra to Haridasa Thakura, not to a brahmana who had been born in a brahmana family  + (07:47:58, 17 May 2021)
• When Srimati Radharani was fully absorbed in love of Krsna, She mistook a black tamala tree for Krsna and embraced it. Such a mistake is called prema-vilasa-vivarta  + (07:48:17, 17 May 2021)
• This verse (CC Madhya 8.195) quoted by Ramananda Raya is included in Srila Rupa Gosvami’s Ujjvala-nilamani - Sthayi-bhava-prakarana 155  + (07:50:58, 17 May 2021)
• Although Haridasa Thakura was born in the family of meat-eaters, because he was an advanced devotee he was shown more respect than a first-class brahmana  + (07:51:02, 17 May 2021)
• Quoting from Padma Purana, Srila Sanatana Gosvami warns that one should not hear anything about Krsna from an avaisnava, however great a mundane scholar he may be  + (08:00:29, 17 May 2021)
• Milk touched by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects; similarly, talks about Krsna given by an avaisnava are also poisonous  + (08:03:21, 17 May 2021)
• Because a Vaisnava is surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his talks are spiritually potent  + (08:06:46, 17 May 2021)
• In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 10.10) the Supreme Lord (Krsna) says: To those who are constantly devoted to worshiping Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me  + (08:11:48, 17 May 2021)
• Srila Ramananda Raya accepts benediction from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; therefore he admits that whatever he was speaking was not derived from his own intelligence. Rather, everything was coming from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu  + (08:18:09, 17 May 2021)
• The unwanted creepers have been described by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. He states that if one hears and chants without trying to give up offenses, one becomes materially attached to sense gratification  + (08:39:15, 17 May 2021)
• If one hears and chants without trying to give up offenses one may also desire freedom from material bondage like the Mayavadis, or one may become attached to the yoga-siddhis and desire wonderful yogic powers  + (09:01:15, 17 May 2021)