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A devotee does not live either in hell or heaven, he lives in Vaikuntha always. He doesn't care for hell and heaven

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"a devotee does not live either in hell or heaven, he lives in Vaikuṇṭha always. Devotees: Jaya! Prabhupāda:He doesn't care for hell and heaven"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Prabhupāda: Bhukti, the karmis, they want some material profit. So Kṛṣṇa gives. And mukti, liberation, they are wanted by the jñānīs, to become free from this material botheration and become one with God. This is also another demand, jñānī. So bhukti-mukti—mukti, they want mukti. A devotee doesn't want mukti. What is mukti? Naryana parayanah . . . (indistinct) . . .. One who is actually devotee, he doesn't care where he is placed, in the hell or heaven, he doesn't care. He simply wants to serve Kṛṣṇa, never mind where he . . . (indistinct) . . ., not even heaven or hell. The same thing: because a devotee does not live either in hell or heaven, he lives in Vaikuṇṭha always. Devotees: Jaya! Prabhupāda: He doesn't care for hell and heaven.

Prabhupāda: Bhukti, the karmis, they want some material profit. So Kṛṣṇa gives. And mukti, liberation, they are wanted by the jñānīs, to become free from this material botheration and become one with God. This is also another demand, jñānī.

So bhukti-mukti—mukti, they want mukti. A devotee doesn't want mukti. What is mukti? Naryana parayanah . . . (indistinct) . . .. One who is actually devotee, he doesn't care where he is placed, in the hell or heaven, he doesn't care. He simply wants to serve Kṛṣṇa, never mind where he . . . (indistinct) . . ., not even heaven or hell. The same thing: because a devotee does not live either in hell or heaven, he lives in Vaikuṇṭha always.

Devotees: Jaya!

Prabhupāda: He doesn't care for hell and heaven. Just like Kṛṣṇa, īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe (BG 18.61). He also lives within the core of the heart of the pig who is eating stool. But does it mean that Kṛṣṇa is in the stool? No.

So nirguṇa. We have to remain nirguṇa. Then it is bhakti, and by that bhakti you can please Kṛṣṇa. That is called prema, love. The devotee is eager to please the Lord as He wants, prīti-vāñchā, kṛṣṇendriya prīti-vāñchā tare nāma prema (CC Ādi 4.165). When you are eager to satisfy the senses of Kṛṣṇa, that is called love. And when you want to satisfy your senses, that is called kāma.

Page Title:A devotee does not live either in hell or heaven, he lives in Vaikuntha always. He doesn't care for hell and heaven
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-06-06, 07:30:09
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1