In this informal talk given at Śrī Rūpānuga Bhajana Āśrama in Vṛndāvana on 23rd July 2016, Śrīla Narasiṅgha Mahārāja talks with devotee guests on a variety of subjects pertaining to the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and what lessons need to be learned from the past. Some of the topics discussed are:
The title ‘prabhu’
The history of the ‘Adbhūta Mandira’ in Māyāpura
The position of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
The Varṇāśrama System
Women gurus
Prabhupāda’s ‘criticism’ of his godbrothers
How Prabhupāda’s daily guru-pūjā began
Prabhupāda’s title
Philosophical deviations
The Ativāḍīs
Śrīla Purī Mahārāja on gopī-bhāva meditation
Are we eternal associates of our guru?
Vaiṣṇava-aparādha
The jīva issue
Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja and the zonal ācārya system
The OOPs Book
Brahma-saṁhitā
Jaiva Dharma as ‘fiction’
Kṛṣṇa as our guru
Uniting all the Vaiṣṇavas?
Institutions
Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja