Reflections from Govardhan Yatra 2017

• Gurudev walks fast during Parikrama. He will take us back home back to Godhead, but if we don't do our endeavor, we can be left behind. Hence, we have to do our bit to keep up on the boat which is going directly back Home. 
• Just give this lifetime to Krsna, there have been multiple lifetimes I've enjoyed for myself, this lifetime give it to Krsna.
• Many times during Karthik, I remembered why I'm here, alone leaving family, spending so much time and money and helped me realize, I'm here to serve my Gurudeva and the Dhaam and the Vaishnavas. That meditation helped me to always remained focused in serving. 
• Always give your 100% in serving with your body, mind and words.
• When you are falling behind during parikrama, all we need to do is increase our step by a little centimeter to catch up. Same with spiritual practice, try to increase our step by a little bit and we will start seeing differences.
• Magical chanting at Radha Kunda. Krsna gave me a bhakti molecule to allow me to go deeper in my practice.
• Always cry out to Krsna, Please help me Please help me and He will help you.
• Everyone notices when you do service for sake of just serving others and not for personal credit. So serve in the right mood. Give everything to please Krsna, Srila Prabhupada and Gurudeva.
• Chant very very attentively and Krsna will reveal as we surrender to the process.
• Lotus feet of Gurudeva
• Always have a sankalpa/prayer before we start parikrama, chanting etc and we can meditate on that prayer during our service.
• Be focused while doing seva so we can do seva in the right mood. When doing parikrama for example Gurudeva was focussed on that seva to Giriraja.
• We are ornaments going around when doing parikrama like a flower garland. Giriraja remembers, oh this jiva is back.
• Over time we will see affect. 
• When doing parikrama, there are many things which come in our way, but we have to be focused on our seva and be fixed to complete our parikrama. Same way, during chanting many things will come our way but we have to be fixed. Same way in life, we will have many items to distract us but we need to be fixed on our path of KC
• This gift is very very precious and we have no guarantee if we will again get access to it in our next life, we have to take advantage of it in this life time and if we sincerely follow the process we can go back home back to Godhead in this lifetime only!
• Don't focus on seeing Krishna but focus on Krishna seeing you, same way focus on Gurudeva seeing you with you seva instead of you seeing Gurudeva.
• Have compassion for all Vaishnavas.
• Study Srila Prabhupada's books, everything is there in them.
• Chant your rounds very very sincerely.