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18 July 2020
- 09:2509:25, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,364 m Then He (Lord Caitanya) explained that there are two kinds of nondevotees: one class is against the supremacy of Krsna, and another class is too materialistic Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 07 - Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2509:25, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,262 m To Follow in the Footsteps of Saintly Persons Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 07 - Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2509:25, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,510 m Unfortunately, it happens that someone who is not fit to become a spiritual master may approach wealthy persons to contribute for temple constructions Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 07 - Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2509:25, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,403 m One who is fortunate enough to come under the shelter of a bona fide spiritual master is sure to traverse the path of spiritual salvation without any doubt Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 07 - Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2509:25, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m The one point is that without increasing the number of disciples, there is no propagation of the cult of Krsna consciousness Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 07 - Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2509:25, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,311 m Lord Buddha is accepted as an incarnation of Krsna in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, but in the same Srimad-Bhagavatam it is stated that Lord Buddha appeared in order to bewilder the atheist class of men Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 07 - Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2509:25, 18 July 2020 diff hist +3,635 m The Buddhists or other religionists who do not care for revealed scriptures sometimes say that there are many devotees of Lord Buddha who show devotional service to Lord Buddha, and who therefore should be considered devotees Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 07 - Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2509:25, 18 July 2020 diff hist +3,953 m To Accept Initiation from the Spiritual Master and Receive Instructions from Him Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 07 - Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2409:24, 18 July 2020 diff hist +10,872 m When the Deity is being borne for a stroll in the street, a devotee should immediately follow the procession Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 06 - How to Discharge Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2409:24, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,632 m The basic principle of acceptance of a spiritual master is good everywhere, although the details may be different Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 06 - How to Discharge Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2409:24, 18 July 2020 diff hist +12,454 m One must circumambulate the temple building at least three times. (In every temple there is an arrangement to go around the temple at least three times. Some devotees go around more than three times - ten times, fifteen times - according to their vows) Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 06 - How to Discharge Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2409:24, 18 July 2020 diff hist +11,720 m One should not be neglectful in ordinary dealings Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 06 - How to Discharge Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2409:24, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m During these times there are considerable crowds all over the city. There are about 5,000 temples in Vrndavana City Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 06 - How to Discharge Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2409:24, 18 July 2020 diff hist +8,261 m One should not be very enthusiastic about constructing costly temples or monasteries Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 06 - How to Discharge Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51'
- 09:2409:24, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,001 m For example, if one is following the instruction of his spiritual master and that instruction is different from the instructions of another spiritual master, this is called detailed information Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 06 - How to Discharge Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51'
- 09:2409:24, 18 July 2020 diff hist +8,481 m The next set of instructions is listed as follows: 1) One should rigidly give up the company of nondevotees Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 06 - How to Discharge Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2409:24, 18 July 2020 diff hist +8,332 m Without following the above-mentioned ten principles, one cannot properly elevate himself to the platform of sadhana-bhakti, or devotional service in practice Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 06 - How to Discharge Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2409:24, 18 July 2020 diff hist +8,278 m One should be very intolerant towards the blasphemy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, or His devotees Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 06 - How to Discharge Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2309:23, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,892 m The Lord says repeatedly, "Don't hesitate. Don't consider that because you are giving up all other engagements there will be some flaw in your life. Don't think like that. I will give you all protection." That is the assurance of Lord Krsna in the BG Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 05 - The Purity of Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2309:23, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m Similarly, we are obliged to our forefathers because we take our birth in a particular family, where we take all advantages and inherit property Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 05 - The Purity of Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2309:23, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m In this way, we are indebted to the demigods, to the forefathers, to the sages, to the animals and to society in general Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 05 - The Purity of Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2309:23, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,252 m In this statement of the S P of God, it is understood that people who are generally attracted to philanthropic, ethical, moral, altruistic, political and social welfare activities may be considered nice men only in the calculation of the material world Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 05 - The Purity of Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2309:23, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,621 m In the Bhagavad-gita also the Lord says, "Give up all your occupations and just become surrendered unto Me. I give you assurance that I shall give you protection from all sinful reactions" Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 05 - The Purity of Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2309:23, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,949 m One must be very vigilant to remember that he is the part and parcel of the transcendental body of Krsna, and that it is his duty as part and parcel to give service to the whole, or Krsna Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 05 - The Purity of Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2309:23, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,863 m In the Middle Ages, after the disappearance of Lord Caitanya's great associate Lord Nityananda, a class of priestly persons claimed to be the descendants of Nityananda, calling themselves the gosvami caste Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 05 - The Purity of Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2309:23, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m He (Vyasadeva) left all the Vedic knowledge in book form, such as the Puranas, Vedanta, Mahabharata and Srimad-Bhagavatam Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 05 - The Purity of Devotional Service' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2209:22, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,675 m The devotee's prayer continues, "You (Krsna) broke the box containing yogurt, and because of that Mother Yasoda considered You an offender and tied You with rope to the household grinding mortar" Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 04 - Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2209:22, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,472 m A devotee who is attached to a particular form of the Lord does not wish to change his devotion to other forms Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 04 - Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2209:22, 18 July 2020 diff hist +31,435 m Mother Yasoda, being very disturbed by naughty Krsna, bound Him round the abdomen with a rope, and thus Krsna is named Damodara Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 04 - Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2209:22, 18 July 2020 diff hist +18,085 m The two sons of Kuvera (the treasurer of the demigods) were puffed up on account of the opulence of their father, and so once on a heavenly planet they were enjoying themselves in a lake with some naked damsels of heaven Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 04 - Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2209:22, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,520 m In this same prayer, there is another passage in which it is said, "My dear Lord Damodara, once when You were playing as a naughty boy in the house of Nanda Maharaj" Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 04 - Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2209:22, 18 July 2020 diff hist +6,353 m During the month of Karttika, Damodara is prayed to as follows, "My dear Lord, You are the Lord of all, the giver of all benedictions" Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 04 - Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2209:22, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,949 m He (a liberated soul) is wholly freed from all kinds of material desires, yet still he is irresistibly attracted by the desire to hear and understand the pastimes of the Lord Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 04 - Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2209:22, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m When this Vrndavana is exhibited in the material world the place is called Gokula, and in the spiritual world it is called Goloka, or Goloka Vrndavana Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 04 - Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2209:22, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m So those who are in the four liberated states may still be going through different stages of existence Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 04 - Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2209:22, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,663 m For example, Hanuman, the devotee of Lord Ramacandra, knew that there is no difference between Lord Ramacandra and Lord Narayana, and yet he still wanted to render service only unto Lord Ramacandra Moved from category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapter 04 - Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation' to category 'The Nectar of Devotion Chapters 01 to 51' current
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,812 m This means that from the very beginning his basic principle of attachment to Krsna is, more or less, love 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,553 m He (the first class devotee) understands perfectly that the ultimate goal of life is to attain to the transcendental loving service of Krsna, and he knows that Krsna is the only object of worship and love 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,799 m This first-class devotee is one who has strictly followed the rules and regulations under the training of a bona fide spiritual master and has sincerely obeyed him in accord with revealed scriptures 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +54 m Sri Bilvamangala Thakur has said, "And as far as liberation is concerned, I think liberation stands at my door with folded hands waiting to serve me" 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,344 m To pure devotees, therefore, liberation and spiritual emancipation are not very important things 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,584 m Further classification of the neophyte devotee is made in the Bhagavad-gita 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,767 m Without becoming pious no one can come to 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,241 m On account of his association with mahatmas, or great souls one hundred percent in the devotional service of the Lord, one may attain a little bit of attraction for Sri Krsna 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,337 m He (the first class devotee) can very nicely present conclusions with perfect discretion and can consider the ways of devotional service in a decisive way 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,897 m One who is inquisitive may be a little above the distressed and the man in need of money, but still he is on the material platform 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,241 m A pure devotee never cares for liberation 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,576 m At the same time he is still undaunted within himself as to his decision that Krsna is the supreme object of worship 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +5,684 m The attention of a pure devotee is so much attracted to glorification of the pastimes, name, qualities, forms, etc., of the Lord that the devotee does not care for mukti 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
- 09:2109:21, 18 July 2020 diff hist +4,805 m Kapiladeva instructs His mother and says, "My dear Mother, devotees whose hearts are always filled in the service of My lotus feet, and who are prepared to do anything for My satisfaction" 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