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Bhakti Yoga-Devotional Service to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna

Bhakti Yoga-Devotional Service to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna
Gopis performing Devotional Service to the Lordships Sri Sri Radha Krishna

Krishna appreciates sincere service

 
 

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via Jyoti Pahuja's Facebook Notes by Jyoti Pahuja on 17/04/11

 

Just keep this, your attitude of sincere service and without a doubt Krishna will give you all intelligence to serve Him nicely. Krishna is not ungrateful but rather He sees all our efforts and appreciates our sincere service. Krishna is interested in how we engage our energies in His service. We are very small, very insignificant, so what can we do? Simply He wants to see that we are engaging our time and energy in His service.

Srila Prabhupada Letter to: Devananda - Los Angeles 23 November, 1968


 
 

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Container of the Heart

 
 

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via Jyoti Pahuja's Facebook Notes by Jyoti Pahuja on 15/04/11

  • Sri Rupa  Gosvami states: krsna prema pradaya te, "Lord Caitanya is freely giving krsna-prema to one and all." One might logically ask the question, "Why haven't I received that prema yet?"
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  • "You cannot receive the prema-rasa from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with your hands or any other container. Only with the container of your heart can you get the prema-rasa given by Mahaprabhu. But you should examine the container of your heart to see that there are no holes in it. Is it a pure heart? If there are nasty things like lust, anger, greed, envy, pride and arrogance in it, how can you get the prema-rasa" "These nasty things are holes in the container. Mahaprabhu gives prema indiscriminately, but why all are not getting it? We must take care of the container of the heart so that we may receive Mahaprabhu's mercy. If your chanting is pure and offenseless, then you will definitely get krsna-prema. Mahaprabhu gives prema through chanting, but He gives a condition.
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  • trnad api sunlcena taror api sahisnuna amanina manadena kirtaniyah sada hari
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    One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street. One should be more tolerant than the tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and ready to offer all respects to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly, (sihastaka 3) "The pot of the heart must be made up of these four constituents: humility, tolerance, respect and pridelessness. Mahaprabhu is the giver and you are the receiver. But if your pot is not made up of these constituents, how can you receive?"

    (Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj - Krsna Kathamrta BMu 6/01)


     
     

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    Knowing God

     
     

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    via Jyoti Pahuja's Facebook Notes by Jyoti Pahuja on 15/04/11

     Question: Is it necessary that God should be worshiped in particular form only?

    Prabhupada: Well, there is only one form, bhakti. There is no other form. It is not a particular. It is the only. Just like there are nine holes in your body. The only one hole will be used for eating. Not other holes. If you pushed your foodstuff in other holes, it will be useless. Similarly God is one, and to understand God the only process is bhakti. That's all. There is no other process.

    Question: How may a devotee arrive to this particular form?

    Prabhupada: This is in the sastras. God says: bhaktya mam abhijanati [Bg. 18.55]. Only through devotion one can understand Me. So not the devotee has discovered. God says: "This is the only way." If you want to know God, you must know Him by the process He recommends, Don't discover your own way. Not that yato mata tato patha. No. If you want to know God, then this is the only: bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah [Bg. 18.55]. That is the only way. There is no other way. Chant. (end)

    - Srila Prabhupada

    >>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 6.47 -- Ahmedabad, December 12, 1972


     
     

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    Knowing God

     
     

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    via Jyoti Pahuja's Facebook Notes by Jyoti Pahuja on 15/04/11

     Question: Is it necessary that God should be worshiped in particular form only?

    Prabhupada: Well, there is only one form, bhakti. There is no other form. It is not a particular. It is the only. Just like there are nine holes in your body. The only one hole will be used for eating. Not other holes. If you pushed your foodstuff in other holes, it will be useless. Similarly God is one, and to understand God the only process is bhakti. That's all. There is no other process.

    Question: How may a devotee arrive to this particular form?

    Prabhupada: This is in the sastras. God says: bhaktya mam abhijanati [Bg. 18.55]. Only through devotion one can understand Me. So not the devotee has discovered. God says: "This is the only way." If you want to know God, you must know Him by the process He recommends, Don't discover your own way. Not that yato mata tato patha. No. If you want to know God, then this is the only: bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah [Bg. 18.55]. That is the only way. There is no other way. Chant. (end)

    - Srila Prabhupada

    >>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 6.47 -- Ahmedabad, December 12, 1972


     
     

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    Identity crisis is d cause of all problems!

    Majority of us identify ourself wid our profession/job,color of
    skin,country,caste,social status.But none of us really asked wat v
    really r? R v dis rottening body/mind/intellect.y r v here?Where v go
    after death.Dis Identity crisis,Godless civilization is d coz of all
    probs of modern world.Bhagavad Gita answers all the questions.

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    Yours
    Dinesh
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