Talk at Bhaktivedanta Manor

00:00 When did Kṛṣṇa begin playing the flute?
00:54 Gokula Mahāvana and the twelve forests of Vraja
01:59 Why the residents of Gokula moved to Vṛndāvana
04:35 Śukadeva Gosvāmī and the authority of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
06:07 Svakīya and parakīya: Did Kṛṣṇa marry the gopīs?
10:09 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as the ultimate pramāṇa
12:35 Approaching other Vedic literature with caution
13:28 Kṛṣṇa’s flute belongs to Vṛndāvana
14:31 Kṛṣṇa and the Vrajavāsīs meet at Kurukṣetra
16:18 Dantavakra and Kṛṣṇa’s return towards Vraja
19:24 Kṛṣṇa returns to Vraja playing His flute
20:11 Kṛṣṇa’s three simultaneous manifestations
21:32 How the ācāryas illuminate Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes
22:13 Why does Kṛṣṇa choose the flute?
23:20 Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes Kṛṣṇa’s flute playing
26:00 The flute and the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips
27:31 The limits of language in describing transcendence
29:28 Rivers, mountains and animals enchanted by the flute
31:12 Stones melted by Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s prema
34:07 How Kṛṣṇa’s flute turns everything upside down
35:01 The flute’s sound manifested in the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra
35:31 The ropes by which Kṛṣṇa draws the living entities
37:14 The relationship between Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma
38:56 Balarāma’s plow
40:19 The flute, the cows and the plow: a picture of varṇāśrama
41:09 Śrīla Prabhupāda’s priorities in his final year
41:39 God’s plan for human society
42:38 Grains, cows, bulls and the foundation of civilization
44:46 The fragility of the modern food system
46:41 Varṇāśrama as fifty percent of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission
47:47 Self-sufficiency and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s plan for Bhaktivedanta Manor
49:32 “Distribute books” and “Get farms”
50:35 Dependence on technology and the danger of social collapse
51:41 Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma’s preferred way of life
53:02 Preparing ISKCON communities for future crises
54:45 Drought, energy shortages and the need for self-sufficiency
57:45 Closing remarks