The Ocean of the Nectar of Devotion

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Bhakti-rasämrta-sindhu

Eastern Side

Varities of Bhakti

1. Overview of Devotion

2. Dev. Service in Practice

3. Dev. Service in Ecstacy

4. Dev. Service in Love of God

Southern Side

Overview of Rasa

1. Vibhäva

2. Anubhäva

3. Sättvika-bhäva

4. Vyabhicäré-bhäva

5. Sthäyé-bhäva

Western Side

Primary Rasas

1. Neutrality

2. Servitude

3. Friendship

4. Parental

5. Conjugal

Northern Side

Secondary Rasas

1. Laughter

2. Astonishment

3. Chivalry

4. Compasion

5. Anger

6. Fear

7. Ghastliness

8. Incompatable Mellows

9. Distorted Mellows

Yours

Dinesh

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My dear servants, bring to me for punishment only persons who are averse to the taste of the sweet holy names of Lord Hari

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Yamaraja then told the Yamadutas:

"Paramahamsas are exalted persons who have no taste for material enjoyment and who drink the honey of the Lord's lotus feet. My dear servants, bring to me for punishment only persons who are averse to the taste of that honey, who do not associate with paramahamsas and who are attached to family life and worldly enjoyment, which form the path to hell.

"My dear servants, please bring to me only those sinful persons who do not use their tongues to chant the holy name and qualities of Krsna, whose hearts do not remember the lotus feet of Krsna even once, and whose heads do not bow down even once before Lord Krsna. Send me those who do not perform their duties toward Visnu, which are the only duties in human life. Please bring me all such fools and rascals."

Yours

Dinesh

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Love and Lust - Gold and Iron

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The word love can be actually applied only in relationship with the Personality of Godhead. In the material world, love is not applicable at all. What goes on under the name of love in the material world is nothing but lust. There is a gulf of difference between love and lust, like the difference between gold and iron. In the Nārada Pañcarātra it is clearly stated that when lust is completely transferred to the Supreme Godhead and the concept of kinship is completely reposed in Him, such is accepted as pure love of God by great authorities like Bhīṣma, Prahlāda, Uddhava and Nārada.

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Dinesh

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A man within this material world is just a dead body

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A man within this material world is just a dead body. In fact, superficially, the living entity is covered by this body, which is nothing but a bag of skin decorated with beards and mustaches, hairs on the body, nails on the fingers and hairs on the head. Within this decorated bag there are bunches of muscles, bundles of bones, and pools of blood, always mixed up with stool, urine, mucus, bile and polluted air, and enjoyed by different kinds of insects and germs. A foolish woman accepts such a dead body as her husband and, in sheer misunderstanding, loves him as her dear companion. This is only possible because such a woman has never tasted the ever-blissful flavor of Your lotus feet.

"My dear lotus-eyed husband, You are self-satisfied. You do not care whether or not I am beautiful or qualified; You are not at all concerned about it. Therefore Your nonattachment for me is not at all astonishing; it is quite natural. You cannot be attached to any woman, however exalted her position and beauty. Whether You are attached to me or not, may my devotion and attention be always engaged at Your lotus feet. The material mode of passion is also Your creation, so when You passionately glance upon me, I accept it as the greatest boon of my life. I am ambitious only for such auspicious moments."

- Srimati Rukmini Devi

Yours

Dinesh

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George Harrison - Hear Me Lord

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Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/l8QI74M2NOA

(Hear me lord)

Forgive me lord

Please, those years when I ignored you, hmm

Forgive them lord

Those that feel they can't afford you, hmm

Help me lord, please

To rise above this dealing, hmm

Help me lord, please

To love you with more feeling, hmm

At both ends of the road

To the left and the right

Above and below us

Out and in, there's no place that you're not in

Oh, won't you hear me lord

(Hear me lord)

At both ends of the road

To the left and the right

Above and below us

Out and in, there's no place that you're not in

Oh, won't you hear me lord

Help me lord, please

To rise a little higher, hmm

Help me lord, please

To burn out this desire, hmm

Hear me lord, please

Oh, won't you please, please

Hear me lord

Oh, hear me lord

Hear me lord

Oh, won't you please, please

Hear me lord

My lord, my lord, my lord

(Hear me lord)

Now, won't you please (hear me lord)

My lord, my lord, my lord

Won't you please / (Hear me lord)

Oh, hear me lord, hear me lord

(Hear me lord)

Yours

Dinesh

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Kindness is a circle

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Dinesh

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We have a general propensity to love someone

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The basic principle of the living condition is that we have a general propensity to love someone. No one can live without loving someone else. This propensity is present in every living being. Even an animal like a tiger has this loving propensity at least in a dormant stage, and it is certainly present in the human beings. The missing point, however, is where to repose our love so that everyone can become happy. At the present moment the human society teaches one to love his country or family or his personal self, but there is no information where to repose the loving propensity so that everyone can become happy. That missing point is Kṛṣṇa, and The Nectar of Devotion teaches us how to stimulate our original love for Kṛṣṇa and how to be situated in that position where we can enjoy our blissful life.

NOD Preface

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Dinesh

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"Kṛṣṇa is bright like the sun. As soon as the sun appears, there is no question of darkness or nescience."

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CC Adi 13.5, Purport:

The sun has the ability to shine powerfully, and the moons reflect the sunshine and therefore look brilliant. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta Kṛṣṇa is described to be like the sun. The supreme powerful is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa, or Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and His devotees are also bright and illuminating because they reflect the supreme sun. The Caitanya-caritāmṛta (CC Madhya 22.31) states:

kṛṣṇa—sūrya-sama; māyā haya andhakāra

yāhāṅ kṛṣṇa, tāhāṅ nāhi māyāra adhikāra

"Kṛṣṇa is bright like the sun. As soon as the sun appears, there is no question of darkness or nescience." Similarly, the present verse also describes that by the illumination of all the moons, brightened by the reflection of the Kṛṣṇa sun, or by the grace of all the devotees of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the entire world will be illuminated, despite the darkness of Kali-yuga. Only the devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu can dissipate the darkness of Kali-yuga, the ignorance of the population of this age.

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Dinesh

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