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But what about the persons who may be a little bit devoted but who have not achieved that unalloyed devotion?

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"But what about the persons who may be a little bit devoted but who have not achieved that unalloyed devotion"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Kaniṣṭha-adhikārī. They are not devotees, but they are called bhaktābhāsa. There is some signs of bhakti.
Morning Walk -- February 6, 1976, Mayapura:

Dayānanda: But what about the persons who may be a little bit devoted but who have not achieved that unalloyed devotion?

Prabhupāda: Kaniṣṭha-adhikārī. They are not devotees, but they are called bhaktābhāsa. There is some signs of bhakti. Actually they are not bhakta. Bhaktābhāsa. Ābhāsa. Ābhāsa means a simple, a little light.

Hṛdayānanda: So devotee really means one who has love for Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda: Yes, unalloyed, without any condition. Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam (Brs. 1.1.11), zero, all other, that "I am this, I am that, I am jñānī, I am yogi, I am karmī, I am minister, I am king"—all these are thinking like that, they're all nonsense. "I am servant of Kṛṣṇa"—that is greatness. Jīvera svarūpa haya nitya-kṛṣṇa-dāsa (Cc. Madhya 20.108-109). That is self-realization, ātma-tattvam.

Page Title:But what about the persons who may be a little bit devoted but who have not achieved that unalloyed devotion?
Compiler:Labangalatika, Rishab
Created:19 of May, 2011
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