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18 July 2020
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,953 m It is stated there that four classes of men - namely those who are distressed, those who are in need of money, those who are inquisitive and those who are wise - begin devotional service Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 03 - Eligibility of the Candidate for Accepting Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2009:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m The target of these activities, however, is always the Supreme Personality of Godhead Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 02 - The First Stages of Devotion' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2009:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,181 m That is the beginning of sadhana-bhakti. Somehow or other, one has to fix his mind on Krsna Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 02 - The First Stages of Devotion' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2009:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,442 m After death we do not know our destination, because we are completely under the control of the laws of nature. Only Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is controller over the laws of nature Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 02 - The First Stages of Devotion' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2009:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,938 m There is a similar statement by Sri Krsna Himself to Uddhava in the Eleventh Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, 5th Chapter, 2nd verse Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 02 - The First Stages of Devotion' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2009:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m One does not know whether he is going to be a plant, or a beast, or a bird, or something like that, because there are so many species of life Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 02 - The First Stages of Devotion' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2009:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,463 m Even if there is no continuity, if only by chance a person takes interest in a pure devotee's instruction, he can be accepted and advance in devotional service Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 02 - The First Stages of Devotion' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2009:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,183 m For example, a person engaged in devotional service may be ordered to rise early in the morning and offer aratrika, which is a form of Deity worship Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 02 - The First Stages of Devotion' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2009:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,505 m They are out of touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead because they are not Krsna conscious Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 02 - The First Stages of Devotion' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2009:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,194 m In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that anyone who becomes a devotee of the Lord is never vanquished Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 02 - The First Stages of Devotion' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2009:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,025 m Rupa Gosvami defines the first part of devotional practice, or vaidhi-bhakti Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 02 - The First Stages of Devotion' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2009:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m There are many sub-headings in each of these categories Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 02 - The First Stages of Devotion' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2009:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m It is said that one has to meditate with his mind fixed upon Visnu Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 02 - The First Stages of Devotion' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1909:19, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,867 m Pure devotional service is the only means to attract Krsna Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 01 - Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1909:19, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,656 m In other words, devotional service is not an activity of the material world; it is directly under the control of Radharani Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 01 - Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1909:19, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m Of course, in the categories of mystic perfection there are certain processes which the material scientists have not yet been able to develop Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 01 - Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +3,605 m He (a devotee) is satisfied simply by discharging loving service to the Lord. That is the characteristic of pure devotion Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 01 - Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,561 m Pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 01 - Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,481 m Devotees call Her (Radharani) Madana-mohana-mohani - the attractor of the attractor of Cupid Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 01 - Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,551 m Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 01 - Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,369 m Without initiation by a bona fide spiritual master, the actual connection with Krsna consciousness is never performed Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Introduction' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,253 m For example, the Bhagavad-gita is spoken on the battlefield of Kuruksetra, and the impersonalists say that although Krsna is of interest, the battlefield of Kuruksetra isn't Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Introduction' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,316 m In order to keep the purity of such Krsna conscious activities, one must be freed from all material desires and philosophical speculation Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Introduction' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m As soon as we say "cultivation," we must refer to activity. Without activity, consciousness alone cannot help us Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Introduction' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,669 m The second concerns the regulative principles for executing devotional service, and the third wave devotional service in ecstasy. In the fourth is the ultimate goal, love of God. These will be explicitly described along with their different symptoms Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Introduction' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,067 m When we speak of Krsna we refer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His many expansions. He is expanded by His plenary parts and parcels, His differentiated parts and parcels and His different energies Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Introduction' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +15,557 m In Sanskrit, these activities are called pravrtti and nivrtti-positive and negative action. There are many examples of negative action. For instance, a diseased person has to be cautious and take medicine in order to avoid some unfavorable illness Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Introduction' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,729 m Krsna, in other words, means everything and includes everything. Generally, however, we should understand Krsna to mean Krsna and His personal expansions Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Introduction' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51'
- 09:1809:18, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,603 m Many forms of so-called renunciation are also not favorable to Krsna conscious devotional service Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Introduction' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1709:17, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,197 m Devotional service means to prosecute Krsna conscious activities which are favorable to the transcendental pleasure of the Supreme Lord Krsna Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Introduction' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1709:17, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,898 m One who is interested in Krsna becomes interested in His different pastimes and activities Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Introduction' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1709:17, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,089 m Krsna expands Himself as Baladeva, Sankarsana, Vasudeva, Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Rama, Nrsimha and Varaha, as well as many other incarnations and innumerable Visnu expansions Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Introduction' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1709:17, 18 July 2020 diff hist +18,637 m Lord Caitanya accepted Haridasa Thakura as His disciple, although Haridasa happened to be born of a Muhammadan family, and Lord Caitanya later on made him the acarya of the chanting of the holy name of the Lord Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Preface' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1709:17, 18 July 2020 diff hist +2,399 m The basic principle of the living condition is that we have a general propensity to love someone. No one can live without loving someone else Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Preface' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1709:17, 18 July 2020 diff hist +7,724 m Our love can be fully satisfied only when it is reposed in Krsna Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Preface' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1709:17, 18 July 2020 diff hist +18,646 m Real self-realization and realization of Krsna go together simultaneously. For example, seeing oneself in the morning means seeing the sunrise also; without seeing the sunshine no one can see himself Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Preface' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1709:17, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,561 m A living entity cannot steadily remain either in sense enjoyment or in renunciation. Change is going on perpetually, and we cannot be happy in either state, because of our eternal constitutional position Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Preface' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51'
- 09:1709:17, 18 July 2020 diff hist +16,890 m The devotee realizes the presence of God by devotional service, whereas the atheist realizes the presence of God in the shape of death Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Preface' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1709:17, 18 July 2020 diff hist +18,534 m Bhakti-rasa itself is sufficient to produce a feeling of liberation, because it attracts the attention of the Supreme Lord, Krsna Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Preface' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:1709:17, 18 July 2020 diff hist +18,798 m I (Srlia Prabhupada) beg to offer my sincere thanks to all my friends and disciples who are helping me to push forward the Krsna consciousness movement in the Western countries Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Preface' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:0709:07, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,178 m If one simply bathes once within those holy waters, one's pure love of Krsna is fully aroused Moved from category 'The Nectar of Instruction - Text 11' to category 'The Nectar of Instruction Texts 01 to 11' current
- 09:0709:07, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,567 m Radha-kunda is very rarely attained, even by great personalities fully engaged in devotional service, not to speak of ordinary devotees who are only engaged in the practice of vaidhi bhakti Moved from category 'The Nectar of Instruction - Text 11' to category 'The Nectar of Instruction Texts 01 to 11' current
- 09:0709:07, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,253 m However, one who has actually attained prema, pure love of Krsna, is superior to him Moved from category 'The Nectar of Instruction - Text 10' to category 'The Nectar of Instruction Texts 01 to 11' current
- 09:0609:06, 18 July 2020 diff hist +7,630 m Krsna is so kind that He fulfilled the desires of the karmis and jnanis, not to speak of the bhaktas Moved from category 'The Nectar of Instruction - Text 10' to category 'The Nectar of Instruction Texts 01 to 11' current
- 09:0609:06, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,922 m This is the position of all karmis, including those who act piously and those who act impiously Moved from category 'The Nectar of Instruction - Text 10' to category 'The Nectar of Instruction Texts 01 to 11' current
- 09:0609:06, 18 July 2020 diff hist +7,537 m Bhagavad-Gita says, "In whatever way one surrenders unto Me, I reward him accordingly" Moved from category 'The Nectar of Instruction - Text 10' to category 'The Nectar of Instruction Texts 01 to 11' current
- 09:0509:05, 18 July 2020 diff hist +9,514 m In the dasya-rasa one follows in the footsteps of servants like Citraka, Patraka or Raktaka. In the friendly sakhya-rasa one can become a friend like Baladeva, Sridama or Sudama Moved from category 'The Nectar of Instruction - Text 08' to category 'The Nectar of Instruction Texts 01 to 11' current
- 09:0509:05, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,497 m In this way one should reside in Vraja (Goloka Vrndavana dhama) and serve Krsna under the guidance of devotees Moved from category 'The Nectar of Instruction - Text 08' to category 'The Nectar of Instruction Texts 01 to 11' current
- 09:0509:05, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,907 m This is the sum and substance of all instruction regarding the cultivation of devotional service Moved from category 'The Nectar of Instruction - Text 08' to category 'The Nectar of Instruction Texts 01 to 11' current
- 09:0509:05, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,445 m This method is applicable both in the stage of sadhana (spiritual practices executed while in the stage of bondage) and in the stage of sadhya (God realization), when one is a siddha-purusa, or a spiritually perfect soul Moved from category 'The Nectar of Instruction - Text 08' to category 'The Nectar of Instruction Texts 01 to 11' current