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| :bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi | | :bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi |
| <p> (Cc. Antya 20.29, Śikṣāṣṭaka 4)</p> | | <p> (Cc. Antya 20.29, Śikṣāṣṭaka 4)</p> |
| <p>This is devotee. Therefore devotee's called akāma. They have no demand. They are satisfied in any condition of life. But they only pray to Kṛṣṇa that his devotion to Kṛṣṇa may not be disturbed. May not be disturbed. He doesn't want anything in exchange of his devotional service. That is pure devotion. Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam jñāna-karmādy anāvṛtam (Brs. 1.1.11). When we engage ourself in this pure, unadulterated devotional service, then we qualify ourself to see God. So long we are not pure devotees... That is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā: bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 18.55|BG 18.55]]). And when that stage of bhakti comes in?</p> | | <p>This is devotee. Therefore devotee's called akāma. They have no demand. They are satisfied in any condition of life. But they only pray to Kṛṣṇa that his devotion to Kṛṣṇa may not be disturbed. May not be disturbed. He doesn't want anything in exchange of his devotional service. That is pure devotion. Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam jñāna-karmādy anāvṛtam (Brs. 1.1.11). When we engage ourself in this pure, unadulterated devotional service, then we qualify ourself to see God. So long we are not pure devotees... That is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā: bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 18.55 (1972)|BG 18.55]]). And when that stage of bhakti comes in?</p> |
| :brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā | | :brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā |
| :na śocati na kāṅkṣati | | :na śocati na kāṅkṣati |
| :samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu | | :samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu |
| :mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām | | :mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 18.54|BG 18.54]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 18.54 (1972)|BG 18.54]]) |
| <p>When one has (become) self-realized. Brahman, ahaṁ brahmāsmi. So long we are identifying with this body, identifying with this material existence, bodily, bodily existence, that is animal life. That is not human life. A human being, if he exists in this bodily concept of life, he remains animal. But when he is advanced in knowledge, he understands that he is not this body; he's different from this body.</p> | | <p>When one has (become) self-realized. Brahman, ahaṁ brahmāsmi. So long we are identifying with this body, identifying with this material existence, bodily, bodily existence, that is animal life. That is not human life. A human being, if he exists in this bodily concept of life, he remains animal. But when he is advanced in knowledge, he understands that he is not this body; he's different from this body.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
