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== Srimad-Bhagavatam = | <div class="section" id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2></div> | ||
=== SB Canto 3 | <div class="sub_section" id="SB_Canto_3" text="SB Canto 3"><h3>SB Canto 3</h3></div> | ||
< | <div class="quote" book="SB" link="SB 3.23.8" link_text="SB 3.23.8, Purport"> | ||
<div class="heading">Who offered her the best gift which can be bestowed in human life—the grace of the Lord, or love of God.</div> | |||
< | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:SB 3.23.8|SB 3.23.8, Purport]]:''' Lord Caitanya recommended that the greatest achievement of human life is to achieve the grace of the Lord, love of God. He said, premā pumartho mahān: to achieve love of Godhead is the highest perfection of life. The same perfection is recommended by Kardama Muni to his wife. His wife belonged to a very aristocratic royal family. Generally, those who are very materialistic or who possess material wealth and prosperity are unable to appreciate the value of transcendental love of God. Although Devahūti was a princess coming from a very great royal family, fortunately she was under the supervision of her great husband, Kardama Muni, who offered her the best gift which can be bestowed in human life—the grace of the Lord, or love of God.</div> | ||
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== Lectures = | <div class="section" id="Lectures" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2></div> | ||
=== General Lectures | <div class="sub_section" id="General_Lectures" text="General Lectures"><h3>General Lectures</h3></div> | ||
< | <div class="quote" book="Lec" link="Lecture Excerpt -- Boston, May 5, 1969" link_text="Lecture Excerpt -- Boston, May 5, 1969"> | ||
<div class="heading">" That is the best gift, that is the best service, when a man will feel that "I have no more want. I am fully satisfied."</div> | |||
< | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture Excerpt -- Boston, May 5, 1969|Lecture Excerpt -- Boston, May 5, 1969]]:''' "I came here for something which is just like broken pieces of glass, but I have got the diamond. So therefore I have nothing to ask for." Similarly, when one finds out his eternal relationship with God, loving spirit, then he becomes, say, "Oh, I do not..." Yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ. In the Bhagavad-gītā you will find. If you, I mean to say, go that standard of life, then you will feel, "I have no more want. Finished. All want finished." That is the best gift, that is the best service, when a man will feel that "I have no more want. I am fully satisfied."</div> | ||
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== Correspondence = | <div class="section" id="Correspondence" text="Correspondence"><h2>Correspondence</h2></div> | ||
=== 1972 Correspondence | <div class="sub_section" id="1972_Correspondence" text="1972 Correspondence"><h3>1972 Correspondence</h3></div> | ||
< | <div class="quote" book="Let" link="Letter to Patty Dorgan -- New Vrindaban 4 September, 1972" link_text="Letter to Patty Dorgan -- New Vrindaban 4 September, 1972"> | ||
<div class="heading">That will be the bet service to Lord Caitanya, and it is the best gift you can give me.</div> | |||
< | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Letter to Patty Dorgan -- New Vrindaban 4 September, 1972|Letter to Patty Dorgan -- New Vrindaban 4 September, 1972]]:''' I am very much encouraged to hear that you want to open a Krishna Yoga Society branch in your high-school, along with Lalitananda. That will be the bet service to Lord Caitanya, and it is the best gift you can give me. Thank you very much for helping me in this way.</div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:23, 7 February 2018
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 3
Who offered her the best gift which can be bestowed in human life—the grace of the Lord, or love of God.
SB 3.23.8, Purport: Lord Caitanya recommended that the greatest achievement of human life is to achieve the grace of the Lord, love of God. He said, premā pumartho mahān: to achieve love of Godhead is the highest perfection of life. The same perfection is recommended by Kardama Muni to his wife. His wife belonged to a very aristocratic royal family. Generally, those who are very materialistic or who possess material wealth and prosperity are unable to appreciate the value of transcendental love of God. Although Devahūti was a princess coming from a very great royal family, fortunately she was under the supervision of her great husband, Kardama Muni, who offered her the best gift which can be bestowed in human life—the grace of the Lord, or love of God.
Lectures
General Lectures
" That is the best gift, that is the best service, when a man will feel that "I have no more want. I am fully satisfied."
Lecture Excerpt -- Boston, May 5, 1969: "I came here for something which is just like broken pieces of glass, but I have got the diamond. So therefore I have nothing to ask for." Similarly, when one finds out his eternal relationship with God, loving spirit, then he becomes, say, "Oh, I do not..." Yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ. In the Bhagavad-gītā you will find. If you, I mean to say, go that standard of life, then you will feel, "I have no more want. Finished. All want finished." That is the best gift, that is the best service, when a man will feel that "I have no more want. I am fully satisfied."
Correspondence
1972 Correspondence
That will be the bet service to Lord Caitanya, and it is the best gift you can give me.
Letter to Patty Dorgan -- New Vrindaban 4 September, 1972: I am very much encouraged to hear that you want to open a Krishna Yoga Society branch in your high-school, along with Lalitananda. That will be the bet service to Lord Caitanya, and it is the best gift you can give me. Thank you very much for helping me in this way.