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

The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents.

• Krishna is not angry or upset, He is simply explaining what will happen if Arjuna does not do his duty.
• Free from all sense enjoyment does not mean that the senses are not engaged - but they are only engaged as they are supposed to be engaged in the service of the Lord.

• Knowledge and intelligence is the main aspect of becoming purified. We have to clearly understand distinction between ourselves and the material energy.
• If knowledge is not solid, karma-yoga may get sentimental.
• If there is no attachment, there is no hatred.
• Being in a secluded place means that we are in an environment to engage in Krishna consciousness and not distracted by sense gratification.
• We can remember Krishna from any platform, but we constantly get distracted. But on the brahma-bhuta stage we can constantly remember the Lord
• Impersonalists have cleared only the secondary aspect of false ego
• Brahma-bhuta means cleaning the primary aspect, understanding oneself to be a servant
• Once on achieves the stage of Brahman, one can proceed to have a relationship with the Supreme Brahman.
• On brahma-bhuta stage one realizes one's svarupa.
• Ilusory perceptions and illusory identities must be abandoned, then one comes to the stage of Brahma-bhuta
• 65:00 We do not create or produce devotional service; we attain it.
• All the good qualities of this world, all the freedom from material entanglement - that's just to get you into place, so you can do bhakti.