H.H.Bhakti Charu Swami gave Bhagavad-gita class @ ISKCON Brisbane on 22nd December, 2012

Excerpts from the class.

• As it is: the way Krsna spoke and the way Arjuna understood it.
• Basic Qualification: bhaktosi me sakha cheti, rahasyam hyetad uttamam
• Secret of understanding bhagavad gita: devotion to Krsna.
• Criteria of revelation: devotion to God.
• When the father is wanting the son to come back, he makes the path/door easy to open.
• A devotee prayer: Please allow me to love you, please allow me to serve you, please allow me to go back to you.
• Sun God's son is Vaivasvata Manu, this knowledge thus came to Earth planet. Lord Ramchandra's dynasty is known as Ikshwaku dynasty. King Ikshwaku is the son of Vaivasvata Manu.
• Vedic expression are Devata and Bhagavan. Westerners thought Hinduism was polytheistic, whereas God is only one, Krsna, Krsnastu Bhagavan Swayam
• Therefore Hinduism is monotheistic with Krsna as Supreme Personality of Godhead.