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Q. WHAT IS PURE DEVOTION ? HOW CAN IT BE ATTAINED ?
The Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.11) defines pure devotion thus:
anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ
jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam
ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-
śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā
(CC.2:19:167)
"One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa favorably and
THE RELATIONSHIP OF LOVE OF GODHEAD.
“Actually your body is transcendental, never material. You are thinking of it, however, in terms of a material conception.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives his opinion about how a person completely engaged in the service of the Lord tran
IMPORTANT LINKS ON PURE BHAKTI (PURE DEVOTION).
Q. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BHAKTI ?
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PURE BHAKTI. part 2. AND IMPORTANT NOTES.
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PURE BHAKTI. part 3. AND
Read more…B H A K T I (DEVOTIONAL SERVICE). part 7.
kṛṣṇa-bhakti — abhidheya, sarva-śāstre kaya
ataeva muni-gaṇa kariyāche niścaya
A human being's activities should be centered only on devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa. That is the verdict of all Vedic literatures, and all saintly people have firmly conc
B H A K T I (DEVOTIONAL SERVICE). part 6.
In many places devotional service has been compared to a creeper.
One has to sow the seed of the devotional creeper, bhakti-latā, within his heart.
As he regularly hears and chants, the seed will fructify and gradually grow
into a mature plant and then
B H A K T I (DEVOTIONAL SERVICE). part 5.
The attitude of the disciple should be to satisfy the bona fide spiritual master.
Then it will be very easy for him to understand spiritual knowledge.
This is confirmed in the Vedas, and Rūpa Gosvāmī will further explain
that for a person who has unflin
B H A K T I (DEVOTIONAL SERVICE). part 2.
sā tv asmin parama-prema-rūpā
(Devotional service manifests as the most elevated, pure love for God.
(Sri Narada Bhakti Sutra).
amṛta-svarūpā ca
This pure love for God is eternal.
(Sri Narada Bhakti Sutra).
yat prāpya na kiñcid vāñchati na śocati na dveṣṭi Read more…
B H A K T I (DEVOTIONAL SERVICE). part 1.
There are six characteristics of pure devotional service,
which are as follows:
(1) Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress.
(2) Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness.
(3) Pure devotion Read more…
B H A K T I (DEVOTIONAL SERVICE). part 3.
atyāhāraḥ prayāsaś ca
prajalpo niyamāgrahaḥ
jana-sańgaś ca laulyaḿ ca
ṣaḍbhir bhaktir vinaśyati
One's devotional service is spoiled when one becomes too entangled in the following six activities:
(1) eating more than necessary or collecting more funds tha Read more…
B H A K T I (DEVOTIONAL SERVICE). part 4.
Śuddha-bhakti, the activity of the soul proper, in other words,
engagement in the transcendental loving service of the Lord,
is performed in a liberated condition.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
māḿ ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇa
bhakti-yogena sevate
sa guṇān samatītya
Q. 197. HOW CAN ONE BE PURIFIED OF ALL CONTAMINATION CAUSED BY PREVIOUS FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES.
Q.197. HOW CAN ONE BE PURIFIED OF ALL CONTAMINATION CAUSED BY PREVIOUS FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
yathāgninā hema malaḿ jahāti
dhmātaḿ punaḥ svaḿ bhajate ca rūpam
ātmā ca karmānuśayaḿ vidhūya
mad-bhakti-yogena bhajaty atho mām
SYNONYM Read more…
Q. 189. HOW CAN ONE ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE ?
Q. 189. HOW CAN ONE ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
na yasya svaḥ para iti
vitteṣv ātmani vā bhidā
sarva-bhūta-samaḥ śāntaḥ
sa vai bhāgavatottamaḥ
SYNONYMS
na — there is not; yasya — of whom; svaḥ paraḥ iti Read more…
Q. 187. HOW CAN THE MIND BE ABSORBED IN THE SUPREME LORD ?
Q. 187. HOW CAN THE MIND BE ABSORBED IN THE SUPREME LORD ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
viṣayān dhyāyataś cittaḿ
viṣayeṣu viṣajjate
mām anusmarataś cittaḿ
mayy eva pravilīyate
SYNONYMS
viṣayān — objects of sense gratification; dhyāyataḥ — of one who is meditatin
Q. 178. WHEN DOES REAL DEVOTION AND DEVOTIONAL SERVICE BEGIN ?
Q. 178. WHEN DOES REAL DEVOTION AND DEVOTIONAL SERVICE BEGIN ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
satāḿ prasańgān mama vīrya-saḿvido
bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ
taj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani
śraddhā ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati
SYNONYMS
satām — of pure Read more…
Q. 175. WHAT AWAKENS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE ?
Q. 175. WHAT AWAKENS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
na niṣkṛtair uditair brahma-vādibhis
tathā viśuddhyaty aghavān vratādibhiḥ
yathā harer nāma-padair udāhṛtais
tad uttamaśloka-guṇopalambhakam
SYNONYMS
na — not; niṣkṛtaiḥ — by the process Read more…
What is best way ? How can i get to krishna?
I am not looking someone way. But Actually we have around only looking Non-natural thing. and our mind always try to get it . How can convert with krishna.
Read more…SIX SYMPTOMS OF LOVE BY SRILA PRABHUPADA .
dadāti pratigṛhṇāti
guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati
bhuńkte bhojayate caiva
ṣaḍ-vidhaḿ prīti-lakṣaṇam
SYNONYMS
dadāti — gives charity; pratigṛhṇāti — accepts in return; guhyam — confidential topics; ākhyāti — explains; pṛcchati — enquires; bhuńkte — eats; bhojaya
PURE LOVE FOR GOD BY SRILA PRABHUPADA
sā tv asmin parama-prema-rūpā
SYNONYMS
sā — it; tu — and; asmin — for Him (the Supreme Lord); parama — highest; prema — pure love; rūpā — having as its form.
TRANSLATION
Devotional service manifests as the most elevated, pure love for God.
PURPORT
As state
"Surrender To The Supreme Person" BY SRILA PRABHUPADA
Prabhupada:
amanitvam adambhitvam
ahimsa ksantir arjavam
acaryopasanam saucam
sthairyam atma-vinigrahah
indriyarthesu vairagyam
anahankara eva ca
janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-
duhkha-dosanudarsanam
asaktir anabhisvangah
putra-dara-grhadisu
nityam ca sama-cittatvam
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