Transcription of lecture #4 of Śrī Śrī Caitaya Śikṣāmṛta and Daśa Mūla Tattva course, given in Bhaktivedānta Academy, Śrī Māyāpura

Transcription of lecture #3 of Śrī Śrī Caitaya Śikṣāmṛta and Daśa Mūla Tattva course, given in Bhaktivedānta Academy, Śrī Māyāpura

Transcription of lecture #2 of Śrī Śrī Caitaya Śikṣāmṛta and Daśa Mūla Tattva course, given in Bhaktivedānta Academy, Śrī Māyāpura

Transcription of lecture #1 of Śrī Śrī Caitaya Śikṣāmṛta and Daśa Mūla Tattva course, given in Bhaktivedānta Academy, Śrī Māyāpura

That association is good for hearing and chanting or just rendering service. But when we go into that association dragging behind us this very large bag of all of our material baggage, that's where the tiring comes.

The Lord, Gaurasundara, puts His devotees in various difficulties and associations to test their patience and strength of mind. Success depends upon their good fortune.

If we are following the order of the Spiritual Master very strictly, then that is our dharma. So one is following dharma, but now the material dharma becomes replaced with the instruction of the Spiritual Master.

Just managerially you become Guru, you don't have to have any spiritual qualification. Just by being the temple president then you are automatically Guru. That's all, this is just politics.

A brāhmana should always fear homage as if it were poison; and constantly desire to suffer scorn as though he would long for nectar. For he who is scorned may sleep with an easy mind, but the scorner utterly perishes.

Kali-rāja knows: you break down restriction, you break down relationships. You break down relationships, people can't work together. People can't work together, you cannot have saṅkīrtana.