Bhagavad-Gita Seriatim #19 Lecture Notes

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

Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur

The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents.

02:45 There is no material solution to material problems, if there are problems, it means the material world is going on in the right way. The only solution is spiritual. (Examples of varieties of cooking, women's needs, and diseases)
10:45 You don't have to do material things with material energy

2nd chapter - discusses that there is material and spiritual, that engaged material doesn't create problem
3rd chapter - starts explaining how to engage
20:30 Disastrous effects of not engaging temple devotees according to their nature
25: 15 temple president only needs one verse
28:30 Surrendering to Krishna is the main quality of devotee, but how it looks like will be different for each person
40:00 Hierarchy doesn't mean centralization. Discussion of problems in ISKCON structure due to not understanding Varnashrama. Prabhupada was trying to establish leadership.
54:40 to 56: 15 Funny story on engaging conditioned nature in Krishna's service
58:30, again from 62:15 Jiva is not doing anything in the material world except for desiring
60:00 If you don't understand how jiva got into material world, don't worry about it
64:00 What does it mean to fight Maya?
67:00 Devotee is aloof from material activities
75:00 Why not doing activities is sometimes emphasized/glorified
80:00 For impersonalists, liberation is The Thing, they consider themselves the doer. Recognizing the Lord and having firm faith in Him, one is already liberated
90:00 Faith is the central point throughout bhakti process
Very end - rules and regulations are there to engage in devotional service, but we have to engage them