Hare Krsna dear devotees
There are five kinds of liberation:
1) To become one with the Lord- sayujya.
2) To live with the Supreme Lord on the same planet- salokya.
3) To have the same features as the Lord- sarupya.
4) To enjoy the same opulences as the Lord - sarsti.
5) To live as a companion of the Lord- samipya.
A devotee, what to speak of rejecting material sense gratification, does not even want any of the five kinds of liberation. He is satisfied simply by discharging loving service to the Lord. That is the characteristic of pure devotion.
If however, the Lord says that I order you to accept some kind of liberation then what would you prefer?
I would prefer salokya, samipya.
Hari bol
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How much a devotee is seriously attached to the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be understood from the statement of Maharaja Prthu (Adi-raja) which is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto, Twentieth Chapter, verse 24. He prays to the Supreme Personality of Godhead thus: " My dear Lord, if after taking liberation I have no chance of hearing the glories of Your Lordship, glories chanted by pure devotees from the core of their hearts in praise of Your lotus feet, and I have no chance for this honey of transcendental bliss, then I shall never ask for liberation or this so-called spiritual emancipation. I shall simply always pray unto Your Lordship that You may give me millions of tongues and millions of ears, so that I can constantly chant and hear of Your transcendental glories. "
Srila Rupa Gosvami has compared mukti (liberation) desire with being influenced by the black art of a witch: in which case one is in trouble.
Mukti means to become free from material anxiety. These desires are compared to being haunted by ghosts and witches, because while these aspirations remain, no one can relish the actual transcendental taste of devotional service.
A pure devotee never cares for liberation.
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu prayed to Krsna, " My dear son of Nanda, I do not want any material happiness in the shape of many followers, nor immense opulence in wealth, nor any beautiful wife, nor do I want cessation from material existence. I may take birth many times, one after another, but what I pray from You is that my devotion unto You may always remain unflinching. "
As of now I only want to keep this prayer of Mahaprabhu perpetually in my heart.
Why?
Also why should I make such an effort for you?
Are you interested in liberation?
I feel it is sufficient what I have described.
Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation.
Ok
Hare Krishna