Navakishora Mukunda at 12:07, 6 July 2022

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Visnu Murti at 05:53, 15 December 2008

2008-12-15T05:53:12Z

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== Bhagavad-gita As It Is ==

=== BG Chapters 1 - 6 ===

'''But if one is educated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness from the very beginning, that natural love of God cannot deteriorate into lust'''

<span class="BG-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:BG 3.41|BG 3.41, Purport]]:''' Lust is only the perverted reflection of the love of God which is natural for every living entity. But if one is educated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness from the very beginning, that natural love of God cannot deteriorate into lust. When love of God deteriorates into lust, it is very difficult to return to the normal condition. Nonetheless, Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so powerful that even a late beginner can become a lover of God by following the regulative principles of devotional service. So, from any stage of life, or from the time of understanding its urgency, one can begin regulating the senses in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional service of the Lord, and turn the lust into love of Godhead—the highest perfectional stage of human life.

=== BG Chapters 7 - 12 ===

'''Now the heart has to be purified of the material association, and that dormant, natural love for Kṛṣṇa has to be revived'''

<span class="BG-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:BG 12.9|BG 12.9, Purport]]:''' This love of God is now in a dormant state in everyone's heart. And, there, love of God is manifested in different ways, but it is contaminated by material association. Now the heart has to be purified of the material association, and that dormant, natural love for Kṛṣṇa has to be revived. That is the whole process.
To practice the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga one should, under the guidance of an expert spiritual master, follow certain principles: one should rise early in the morning, take bath, enter the temple and offer prayers and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, then collect flowers to offer to the Deity, cook foodstuffs to offer to the Deity, take prasādam, and so on.

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Navakishora Mukunda at 12:07, 6 July 2022

Visnu Murti at 05:53, 15 December 2008