Bhagavatam is Lord
Not only the deity is the Lord, Bhagavatam is also Lord and one Lord is helping us to understand another Lord. Bhagavatam is incarnation of the Lord.
Lokanath Maharaj on Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
The Lord appeared as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to perceive for Himself the love of Krishna, through the eyes of Radharani.
Requirement for Being with Mahaprabhu
Who goes with Mahaprabhu? If someone wants to go with Mahaprabhu, then one of the requirements is that he has to be peaceful, if one is not peaceful, then you will stay behind, you will lag behind.
Perfect Oneness
The materialistic way of life differs from the spiritual way of life. In material way of life, people are disobedient and the devotees are obedient to the will of the Supreme Lord. All living entities are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, and they are supposed to be always agreeable to the order of the Supreme person; that is perfect oneness.
Chant Hare Krishna and be Happy
Lord doesn’t want us to suffer. Lord wants us to be happy. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy. And when the soul is happy, when you are happy, then few basic needs and everything is taken care of.
What is Knowledge?
Only when the Lord opens his eyes in the form of sun or moon, the world is able to see. The first person to see is Lord and then we are the next one, we kind of get the remnants. After Lord has seen, then we are the secondaries of anything, This is knowledge. To know this is knowledge, is vidya.
What is Hare Krishna Movement?
In Hare Krishna movement, one learns to get out of all those materialistic agreements, kick all that and to just go for such training as ‘sarva dharman parityaja mamekam saranam vraja,’ (Bhagavad Gita, 18.66: Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me) by which, we are trained to agree with the Lord, Radha Madhavasammatah. This is authorized by Him. This is Hare Krishna mission, learning to agree with the Lord and disagree with maya.
Krishna is Anxious
Krishna is always anxious to do good to His friends.
Surrender Fully unto the Lord
One should surrender fully to the Lord, forgetting one’s so called material happiness, opulence and education, which are not at all useful for pleasing the Lord. The Lord is pleased only by the process of surrender unto Him.
Presence of Lord
As one hears Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, the realization of the presence of the Lord in the temple becomes possible.