For a surrendered soul, Devotion, direct experience of the Supreme Lord, and detachment from matter occur simultaneously-SB#11.2.42
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"Devotion, direct experience of the Supreme Lord, and detachment from other things — these three occur
simultaneously for one who has taken shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the same way
that pleasure, nourishment and relief from hunger come simultaneously and increasingly, with each bite
, for a person engaged in eating." SB.11.2.42
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has explained this analogy as follows: Bhakti, or devotion, may be compared to tuṣṭi (satisfaction)
because they both take the form of pleasure. Pareśānubhava (experience of the Supreme Lord) and puṣṭi (nourishment)
are analogous because both sustain one's life. Finally, virakti (detachment) and kṣud-apāya (cessation of hunger) may
be compared because both free one from further hankering so that one may experience śānti, or peace.
A person who is eating not only becomes uninterested in other activities but increasingly becomes uninterested in
the food itself, according to his satisfaction. On the other hand, according to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, although one who
is experiencing the blissful personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, becomes uninterested in anything other than Kṛṣṇa,
his attachment to Kṛṣṇa increases at every moment. Therefore it is to be understood that the transcendental beauty
and qualities of the Supreme Lord are not material, since one never becomes satiated by relishing the bliss of the Supreme Lord.
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Dinesh
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