Q. 190. HOW SHOULD ONE BEHAVE TOWARDS THE SPIRITUAL MASTER ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
ācāryaḿ māḿ vijānīyānnāvamanyeta karhicitna martya-buddhyāsūyetasarva-deva-mayo guruḥSYNONYMSācāryam — the spiritual master; mām — Myself; vijānīyāt — one should k
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Q. 189. HOW CAN ONE ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
na yasya svaḥ para itivitteṣv ātmani vā bhidāsarva-bhūta-samaḥ śāntaḥsa vai bhāgavatottamaḥSYNONYMSna — there is not; yasya — of whom; svaḥ paraḥ iti
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Q. 187. HOW CAN THE MIND BE ABSORBED IN THE SUPREME LORD ?A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.viṣayān dhyāyataś cittaḿviṣayeṣu viṣajjatemām anusmarataś cittaḿmayy eva pravilīyateSYNONYMSviṣayān — objects of sense gratification; dhyāyataḥ — of one who is meditatin
Q. 183. WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE ?
A. BY SRILA PRABHUPADA.
etāvān eva loke 'sminpuḿsāḿ dharmaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥbhakti-yogo bhagavatitan-nāma-grahaṇādibhiḥSYNONYMSetāvān — this much; eva — indeed; loke asmin — in this material world; p
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anirvacanīyaḿ prema-svarūpamSYNONYMSanirvacanīyam — beyond description; prema — of mature love of God; svarūpam — the essential identity.TRANSLATIONThe true nature of pure love of God is beyond description.PURPORTAlthough Nārada has been expertly ana
tat prāpya tad evāvalokayati tad eva śṛṇoti tad eva bhāṣayati tad eva cintayatiSYNONYMStat — it; prāpya — having obtained; tat — Him; eva — alone; avalokayati — one looks at; tat — Him; eva — alone; śṛṇoti — one hears about; tat — Him; eva — alone; b