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15 August 2020

• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,735 m Love of Godhead increases and is manifested as affection, counterlove, love, attachment, subattachment, ecstasy and sublime ecstasy Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +3,156 m She is cunning. (13) She is expert in executing Her duties. (14) She is shy. (15) She is always respectful. (16) She is always calm. (17) She is always grave. (18) She is expert in enjoying life Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,826 m On the madana platform there are kissing and many other symptoms, which are unlimited. In the mohana stage, there are two divisions - udghurna (unsteadiness) and citra-jalpa (varieties of mad emotional talks) Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,347 m A fully surrendered devotee always hopes that Lord Krsna will be kind to him. This hope is very firm in him Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,739 m Krsna is very expert in artistic enjoyment. He is highly cunning, expert, grateful and firmly determined in His vows Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +3,162 m She makes Krsna happy with Her bodily aroma. (7) She is very expert in singing. (8) Her speech is charming. (9) She is very expert in joking and speaking pleasantly. (10) She is very humble and meek. (11) She is always full of mercy Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,593 m In the beginning there must be faith. Then one becomes interested in associating with pure devotees. Thereafter one is initiated by the spiritual master and executes the regulative principles under his orders Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,806 m Let the snakebird - or whatever magical thing the brahmana created - bite me at once. I only desire that you all continue singing the deeds of Lord Visnu Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,638 m The position of neutrality increases up to the point where one can appreciate love of Godhead. The mellow of servitorship gradually increases to the point of spontaneous love of Godhead Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +3,284 m She is very submissive to the love of Her friends. (24) She is the chief gopi. (25) She always keeps Krsna under Her control. In short, She possesses unlimited transcendental qualities, just as Lord Krsna does Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,727 m Yogurt mixed with sugar candy, black pepper and camphor is very palatable and tasty. Similarly, when permanent ecstasy mixes with other ecstatic symptoms, it becomes unprecedentedly tasty Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,565 m If one actually has the seed of transcendental emotion in his heart, the symptoms will be visible in his activities. That is the verdict of all revealed scriptures Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,896 m The mixture of ecstatic ingredients becomes tasty and, being within the perception of the devotee, reaches the highest platform of wonder and deep bliss Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,637 m These are all called anubhava, subordinate signs of ecstatic emotion. They are visible in a person in whose heart the seed of love of God has begun to fructify Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,513 m Although a pure devotee's standard is above all, he still considers himself to be in the lowest stage of life Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,918 m Permanent ecstasy becomes a more and more relishable transcendental mellow through the mixture of special ecstasy, subordinate ecstasy, natural ecstasy and transitory ecstasy Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4813:48, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,725 m One who is forgiving and self-controlled, and who is engaged in devotional service with determination, his mind and intelligence dedicated to Me - such a devotee of Mine is very dear to Me Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 23 - Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,247 m On the path of regulative devotional service, one must observe the following items: (1) One must accept a bona fide spiritual master. (2) One must accept initiation from him. (3) One must serve him Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,891 m One who is not very expert in argument and logic based on the revealed scriptures but who has firm faith is considered a second-class devotee. He also must be considered most fortunate Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,542 m There are two processes of practical devotional service. One is regulative devotional service, and the other is spontaneous devotional service Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,067 m One should also (10) dance before the Deity, (11) sing before the Deity, (12) open one's mind to the Deity, (13) offer obeisances to the Deity, (14) stand up before the Deity and the spiritual master just to show them respect Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,019 m Krsna expands Himself in many forms. Some of them are personal expansions, and some are separate expansions. Thus He performs pastimes in both the spiritual and the material worlds Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,579 m One should associate with devotees, chant the holy name of the Lord, hear Srimad-Bhagavatam, reside at Mathura and worship the Deity with faith and veneration Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +3,178 m Devotional service is not possible to attain simply by undergoing severe austerities and penances, by gorgeously worshiping the Deity, or by strictly following the rules and regulations of the sannyasa or grhastha order Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,910 m Whoever hears this description of the process of practical devotional service very soon attains shelter at the lotus feet of Krsna in love and affection Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,685 m They are to be considered eternal associates of Krsna, and they are eternally enjoying the transcendental bliss of serving Krsna Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,388 m One must receive instructions from the spiritual master and make inquiries in order to learn devotional service. (5) One must follow in the footsteps of the previous acaryas and follow the directions given by the spiritual master Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters'
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,636 m One should (23) attend arati and festivals, (24) see the Deity, (25) present what is very dear to oneself to the Deity, (26) meditate on the Deity, and (27-30) serve those related to the Lord Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,692 m An intermediate, second-class devotee shows love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is friendly to all devotees and is very merciful to neophytes and ignorant people. The intermediate devotee neglects those who are envious of devotional service Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,255 m One should congregationally chant the holy name of the Lord and reside in Vrndavana Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,832 m One should perform all endeavors for Krsna. (32) One should look forward to His mercy. (33) One should partake of various ceremonies with devotees - ceremonies like Lord Krsna's birthday or Ramacandra's birthday Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,961 m The devotee should treat loss & gain equally. (16) The devotee should not be overwhelmed by lamentation. (17) The devotee should not worship demigods, nor should he disrespect them. Similarly, the devotee should not study or criticize other scriptures Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,840 m Follow the Deity or the spiritual master and (16) visit different places of pilgrimage or go see the Deity in the temple Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,921 m The path of speculative knowledge and renunciation is not essential for devotional service. Indeed, good qualities such as nonviolence and control of the mind and senses automatically accompany a devotee of Lord Krsna Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,535 m The devotee should not hear Lord Visnu or His devotees blasphemed. (19) The devotee should avoid reading or hearing newspapers or mundane books that contain stories of love affairs between men and women or subjects palatable to the senses Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,512 m They completely control the six bad qualities - lust, anger, greed & so forth. They eat only as much as required, & they are not inebriated. They are respectful, grave, compassionate & without false prestige. They are friendly, poetic, expert & silent Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,573 m Krsna is situated in everyone's heart as the caittya-guru, the spiritual master within Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,374 m Within his mind, in his original, purified, self-realized position, he (an advanced devotee) serves Krsna in Vrndavana in his particular way. He serves Krsna twenty-four hours a day, all day and night Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,018 m The devotee should always think of Krsna within himself and should choose a very dear devotee who is a servitor of Krsna in Vrndavana Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,669 m One should surrender to Krsna in all respects. (35) One should observe particular vows like kartika-vrata. These are some of the sixty-four important items of devotional service Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +3,217 m Maharaja Ambarisa always engaged his mind at the lotus feet of Krsna, his words in describing the spiritual world and the S P of Godhead, his hands in cleansing and washing the Lord's temple, his ears in hearing topics about the Supreme Lord Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,947 m These four orders and their spiritual counterparts (brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa) combine to make human society complete Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,912 m Let me offer my respectful obeisances again and again to those who always eagerly meditate upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a husband, son, friend, brother, father or intimate friend Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,695 m I shall say something about the various practices of devotional service, which is expanded in so many ways. I wish to speak briefly of the essential practices Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +3,000 m When an advanced, realized devotee hears about the affairs of the devotees of Vrndavana - in the mellows of santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya - he becomes inclined in one of these ways, and his intelligence becomes attracted Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,712 m Maharaja Ambarisa engaged his senses in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. As a result, he awakened his dormant loving propensity for the Lord's service Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,012 m There are two processes by which one may execute this raganuga bhakti - external and internal Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,421 m By supplying food to the stomach, where it nourishes the life air, one satisfies all the senses. In the same way, by worshiping Krsna and rendering Him service, one automatically satisfies all the demigods Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +1,813 m One who is expert in logic, argument and the revealed scriptures and who has firm faith in Krsna is classified as a topmost devotee Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current
• 13:4713:47, 15 August 2020 diff hist +2,338 m When self-realized, the advanced devotee externally remains like a neophyte and executes all the sastric injunctions, especially those concerning hearing and chanting Moved from category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 22 - The Process of Devotional Service' to category 'Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters' current