Bhagavad-Gita Seriatim #50 - The Transcendental Teachings of HH Bhaktividyā Pūrṇa Svāmī

This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 1 and consists of 91 lectures, available on:

Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur, September 2010-April 2011

The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents.

Devotees quickly become righteous, pious.
We tend to mix mundane piety with devotion.
06:00 The principle of forest life or farm life is to worship the Lord with what's available in the forest or on the farm.

08:00 Demigod offerings should be perfectly executed according to the rules, but offerings to Krishna are only a medium for the devotion.
"Demigods don't care for consciousness" - just as vendor in the store does not care for the consciousness of the customers, as long as they pay.
09:45 The composition of the study guide
Demigod worship is very expensive, but to worship Lord Krishna or Lord Caitanya is very cheap and easy
9th chapter gives the absolute essence of how to be conscious of Krishna in all activities.
Starting with ourselves is mixed devotion, starting with Krishna is pure devotion.
28:15 Doing things we don't like to do for Krishna
Better quality offerings to Krishna may or may not indicate more devotion
Offering impious activities to Krishna
Indirect activities have to be connected to devotional service through consciousness.
In offerings to Krishna, one can get by even if some ingredient is missing, something is mispronounced etc., but in fruitive activities everything has to be perfectly done
Discussion on Sanskrit Grammar
In offerings to Krishna, the exchange is more important than the medium used.