Date: September 14, 2002
Length: 43 min

Swami discusses Mahaprabhu's teachings to Rupa Goswami in Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter 19, focusing on the seed verse of Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, anyabhilasita-sunyam. The primary characteristic of suddha bhakti is the continuous culture of activities utilizing all the senses for the pleasure of Krsna alone. Its marginal characteristics are the absence of any other motivation and keeping karma and jnana always subordinate to bhakti. In addition, Swami outlines the main divisions of Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu in relation to the stages of bhakti and urges us to study these scriptures according to our capacity.