Category:Entering into Devotional Service to God
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This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
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Pages in category "Entering into Devotional Service to God"
The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
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- All of the previous instructions imparted by Rupa Gosvami in his broad statements can be summarized thusly: as long as one is materially inclined, desirous to merge into the spiritual effulgence, one cannot enter into the realm of pure devotional service
- As long as we are in the subtle and gross bodies, we are suffering under the three modes of material nature. Once we enter into the devotional service of the Lord, we are immediately situated on the platform of brahma-bhuta
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- Bhaktih paresanubhavo viraktir anyatra syat. This is the test of bhakti. If one has entered the domain of devotional service, this material world will be not at all tasteful for him. Virakti. No more
- Brahma-bhutah stage is a preliminary qualification to enter into devotional service. But if one does not enter into devotional service, neglects the lotus feet of Krsna, then patanty adhah. These are the authoritative statements
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- If one does not enter the devotional service of the Lord but artificially considers himself Brahman or Narayana, not perfectly understanding that the soul and body are different, one certainly falls down. Such a person again gives importance to the body
- In the Bhagavad-gita (BG 18.54), Lord Krsna describes self-realization as follows: One sees everyone on an equal level through spiritual understanding. These qualities are preliminary to entering into pure devotional service
- It is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita that after Brahman realization, when one is freed from material anxieties and can see every living entity on an equal level, he is eligible to enter into devotional service
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- One cannot become unattached, for one must be attached to something, but in order to become attached to Krsna or enter into the devotional service of the Lord, one has to become detached from material affection
- One who is freed from material contamination is joyful and can enter into devotional service, and by devotional service he can be liberated
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- Samah sarvesu bhutesu mad-bhaktim labhate param (BG 18.54). To understand this is the preliminary condition for entering into the kingdom of devotional service
- Such a person, who no longer laments or hankers to maintain his body and who can accept all living entities as spirit souls, can then enter the devotional service of the Lord
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- The preliminary qualification for entering into the devotional service of God is that one become a willing cooperator, and as such one should voluntarily cooperate with persons who are already engaged in the transcendental devotional service of God
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is present in everyone's heart, and as soon as He understands that a living entity is serious about entering devotional service, He sends His representative. In this way Narada was sent to Dhruva Maharaja
- The Vedanta philosophy is the subject matter for study by the spiritual graduates. Only the post-graduate spiritual student can enter into the spiritual or devotional service of the Lord
- There are many things which hinder one from entering devotional service. But by the association of pure devotees all these obstacles are removed
- This is explained in the Caitanya-caritamrta. Guru-krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija: (CC Madhya 19.151) by the grace of the spiritual master and Krsna, one can enter into devotional service
- To become untinged by the modes of material nature is the qualification for entering into the service of the Lord. As long as one is a servant of mental concoctions, one cannot be completely free from the disease of "I" and "mine"
- To the degree that we have entered into the service of the Lord or to the proportion to which our lives are freed from sins, we can perceive the Lord
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- When one is freed from the influence of the modes of material nature, he enters into devotional service. BG 1972 purports
- When you have entered into devotional service, bhakti-yoga, bhakti-marga, your success is assured, provided you are enthusiastic and patient. Not that "Immediately I want a child," "Immediately I become fully Krsna consciousness and perfect." No