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Srila Prabhupada on bhakti-yoga
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Subject: Srila Prabhupada on bhakti-yoga
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From: susarla@rice.edu (H. Krishna Susarla)
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Date: 28 May 1995 00:46:21 GMT
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From news@larry.rice.edu Sat May 27 20: 34:35 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
from _Nectar of Devotion_, pg 32 (a summary study of Bhakti-rasamrita sindhu)
"If someone has desire for material enjoyment or for becoming one with the
Supreme, these are both considered material concepts. Because the
impersonalists cannot appreciate the spiritual happiness of association
and the exchange of loving affairs with the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
their ultimate goal is to become one with the Lord. This concept is simply
an extension of the material idea. In the material world, everyone is
trying to be the topmost head man among all his fellow men or neighbors.
Either communally, socially or nationally, everyone is competing to be
greater than all others, in the material concept of life. This greatness
can be extended to the unlimited, so that one actually wants to become one
with the greatest of all, the Supreme Lord. This is also a material concept,
although maybe a little more advanced.
However, the perfect spiritual concept of life is complete knowledge of
one's constitutional position, in which one knows enough to dovetail himself
in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. One must know that he is
finite and that the Lord is infinite. Thus it is not possible to actually
become one with the Lord even if one aspires for this. It is simply not
possible. Therefore, anyone who has any desire or aspiration for satisfying
his senses by becoming more and more important, either in the material
sense or in the spiritual sense, cannot actually relish the really sweet
taste of devotional service."
Copyright, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Used with permission.
-- HKS
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HARER NAMA HARER NAMA
HARER NAMAIVA KEVALAM
KALAU NASTY EVA NASTY EVA
NASTY EVA GATIR ANYATHA
"IN THIS AGE OF QUARREL AND HYPOCRISY THE ONLY MEANS OF DELIVERANCE IS
CHANTING THE HOLY NAME OF LORD KRSNA. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY. THERE IS
NO OTHER WAY. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY."
-- Brhan-naradiya purana 38.126
