Hare Krishna Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Following is the summary of 1.2.22 and 1.2.29 as discussed on Sunday.

The theme of this section is “Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and one should only worship Him”

Verse summaries:

V22:

• Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the svayaṁ-rūpa Personality of Godhead, and all other forms of Godhead are Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s plenary portions and integrated parts.

V23:

• From Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the next manifestation is Baladeva. From Baladeva is Saṅkarṣaṇa, from Saṅkarṣaṇa is Nārāyaṇa, from Nārāyaṇa there is the second Saṅkarṣaṇa, and from this Saṅkarṣaṇa the Viṣṇu puruṣa-avatāras.
• Purusa Avataras : Maha Vishnu, Garbhodaka Sayi Vishnu, Ksirodakasayi Visnu
• Guna Avataras : Brahma(can be a living entity), Vishnu(Supreme Lord), Siva( No Living entity can occupy this post)

V24:

• Fire wood – ignorance, Smoke – Passion, Fire – Goodness
• one has to rise to the platform of the mode of goodness (sattva) so that one can be eligible for the devotional service of the Lord. 
• Even from the platform of tamas, can gradually rise to the sattva platform by the expert direction of the spiritual master.

V25:

• Except for the mahājanas, or the authorized agents of the Lord, no one knows the purpose of religion. 
• Mahajanas: Brahma, Narada, Siva, Four Kumaras, Kapila, Vyasa, Bali, Sukadeva Goswami, Bhishma, Yamaraja, Prahlada and Janaka

V26:

• One should never classify the Vishnu Tattvas, or the plenary portions of Narayana, the Personality of Godhead, in the same categories with the parts and parcels.
• Kala Bhairava, Smashana Bhairava, Chandi, Sani – worshipped in the mode of ignorance
• Brahma, Siva, Surya, Ganesha – worshipped in the mode of passion
• Vishnu Tattvas - worshipped in the mode of goodness
• Highly qualified Brahmanas don’t worship any forms other than Vishnu Tattvas but they respect them.

V27:

• Material enjoyment should be accepted only up to the point of the bare necessities of life and not more or less than that.
• One should work hard and worship the Supreme Lord by the fruits of one’s hard labor for existence, and that should be the motto of life.

V 28-V 29:

vāsudeva-parā vedā
 vāsudeva-parā makhāḥ
vāsudeva-parā yogā
 vāsudeva-parāḥ kriyāḥ

vāsudeva-paraṁ jñānaṁ
 vāsudeva-paraṁ tapaḥ
vāsudeva-paro dharmo
 vāsudeva-parā gatiḥ

• One should accept voluntary bodily inconvenience for the sake of knowing Vāsudeva because that is the way of real austerities. Otherwise all forms of austerities are classified as modes of passion and ignorance. 
• No one should bother himself with fruitive activities or dry speculation about transcendental knowledge. Everyone should at once engage himself in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.
• The Lord is always transcendental to the laws of the material world

Next week’s syllabus is 1.2.30 – 1.2.34. Sorry Maharaj, it was a lot of time crunch resulting in my confusion when I called you.

Your servant,

Sundari Radhika dd.

HpS - ASA -- These summaries are so nice. We noticed many of the same points. It is 6.23AM here in the Castle in Spain. Our clothes are almost dry. We have 10-rounds done. Now we will pack and at 7AM wwe leave for Madrid and the airport. Then Atlanta we change planes and guess we get to our cave in Murfreesboro at 5PM, which will be 12AM midnight here, so we will be traveling fromm 7AM to 12-midnight.

The technical stuff is getting adjusted very well also.

When does our Leader, Ananta-rupa Das, return?

HpS - ASA