How one has properly utilized his initiation will be tested that he has no more attraction for these four principles: illicit sex, intoxication, gambling, and meat-eating. They will automatically go. There is no need of asking. Anartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt. Then ruci. When one is freed from all these prohibitive principles, then he develops a taste, tato ruci. Tato niṣṭhā: then he's steadily confirmed. Athāsaktiḥ. Then attachment: he cannot go. He cannot go. Athāsaktis tato bhāvaḥ. Then ecstasy. And then he comes to the platform of love of Godhead. So when that platform is reached, then everything is successful. And if that platform is not reached, then everything is simply waste of time. But in the beginning, if you follow these principles, as laid down by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and other ācāryas...
Acarya (NOD lectures)
Expressions researched:
"acarya"
|"acarya's"
|"acaryadeva"
|"acaryas"
|"acharya"
|"acharya's"
|"acharyas"
Notes from the compiler:
Excluding: all names including acary, i.e.: "Advaita Acarya"
Lectures
Nectar of Devotion Lectures
Page Title: | Acarya (NOD lectures) |
Compiler: | MadhuGopaldas, Shyamasuhagini |
Created: | 22 of Dec, 2010 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=20, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 20 |