Category:A Little Devotional Service to God
Theme Analysis
The teachings compiled in this category reveal the extraordinary potency of bhakti, demonstrating that even the smallest endeavor in devotional service can yield the most magnificent spiritual results. As Śrīla Prabhupāda explains, the Supreme Lord is so merciful and easily pleased that He readily accepts an insignificant offering, transforming it into a permanent asset that protects the soul from the greatest material dangers. Unlike fruitive activities or philosophical speculation, which are temporary and often fraught with disappointment, a little devotional service purifies the heart, satisfies the Lord, and ultimately grants the living entity the highest perfection of returning to the spiritual realm.
- The Permanent Nature of Spiritual Assets: Any service rendered to the Lord, such as ringing a bell or offering aratrika, is recorded as avyayam, or imperishable credit. While material achievements are lost at the time of death, even a fraction of bhakti remains with the soul eternally, providing an impetus for continuous spiritual advancement.
- Protection from Material Calamities: The scriptures assure that a little devotional service can save one from the greatest dangers and the endless cycle of birth and death. Great personalities like Prahlāda Mahārāja were protected by the Lord simply due to their sincere, albeit small, devotional efforts, whereas great materialists and demons were destroyed despite their severe austerities.
- Satisfying the Supreme Lord: The Lord does not require grand or opulent offerings; He is satisfied by the sincerity and love behind a little service. Whether one is a human being, an animal, or a king like Pratāparudra, rendering simple service with a pure heart easily attracts the mercy of the Lord and qualifies one for the highest perfectional platform.
- Superiority over Other Paths: A small amount of pure devotional service easily surpasses the happiness derived from religiousness, economic development, sense gratification, and even liberation. Without a tinge of bhakti, severe penance and Vedic study cannot enable one to truly understand the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or attain the ultimate goal of life.
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Pages in category "A Little Devotional Service to God"
The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
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- Any person who has developed even a little quantity of pure devotional service can very easily kick out all the other kinds of happiness derived from religiousness, economic development, sense gratification and liberation
- Avyayam means whatever little service you render, that is permanent settlement. If you come here and dance and chant or ring the bell or anything about the aratrika, if you see, drsta - anything you do, that is your permanent credit
B
- Brahma said, "Devotional service is so important that even a little attempt can raise one to the highest perfectional platform. One should not, therefore, neglect this auspicious process of devotional service and take to the speculative method"
- Brahma said, "One who has attained a little result of devotional service can understand Your glories"
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- If she comes to decorate in the temple, encourage her because a little service to Lord Krishna will protect one from the greatest calamity. That is the version of Bhagavad Gita
- In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 2.40) it is said, sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat: Simply by performing a little devotional service, one can escape the greatest danger
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- The Lord is so kind that He accepts a little insignificant service, and therefore it is stated in the Visnu Purana that by following the principles of varnasrama-dharma one can satisfy the Supreme Lord
- There is no question of disappointment. Krsna doesn’t require any service from me. But whatever little service I can render, that is for my good. So there is no question of loss
- This Krsna consciousness movement is giving everyone a chance to engage in devotional service for at least some time. A little service will give one an impetus to advance and thus make one's life successful
- This was the case with King Prataparudra. One has to be noticed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and a little service with sincere efforts will convince the Lord that one is a proper candidate for returning home, back to Godhead