Without devotional service, other methods for self-realization and spiritual life are useless. Other methods cannot produce good results at any time, and therefore they are compared to the nipples on the neck of a goat. These nipples cannot produce milk, although it may appear that they can. An unintelligent person cannot understand that only devotional service can elevate one to the transcendental position.
An unintelligent person cannot understand that only devotional service can elevate one to the transcendental position
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"An unintelligent person cannot understand that only devotional service can elevate one to the transcendental position"
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Madhya-lila
Other methods cannot produce good results at any time, and therefore they are compared to the nipples on the neck of a goat. These nipples cannot produce milk, although it may appear that they can. An unintelligent person cannot understand that only devotional service can elevate one to the transcendental position.
“With the exception of devotional service, all the methods of self-realization are like the nipples on the neck of a goat. Therefore an intelligent person adopts only devotional service, giving up all other processes of self-realization.
- Unintelligent Men
- Cannot Understand
- Only
- Elevated by Devotional Service to God
- Transcendental Position
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 Purports - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Purports
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 62 Chapters, All Purports
Page Title: | An unintelligent person cannot understand that only devotional service can elevate one to the transcendental position |
Compiler: | Iswaraj |
Created: | 2021-04-12, 07:00:52 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=1, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 1 |