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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:NOI 5|Nectar of Instruction 5, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">While giving instructions to Sanātana Gosvāmī, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided devotional service into three categories.</p> | |||
:śāstra-yukti nāhi jāne dṛḍha, śraddhāvān | |||
:'madhyama-adhikārī' sei mahā-bhāgyavān | |||
<p>"A person whose conclusive knowledge of the śāstras is not very strong but who has developed firm faith in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and who is also undeterred in the execution of his prescribed devotional service should be considered a madhyama-adhikārī. Such a person is very fortunate." ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 22.67|CC Madhya 22.67]]) A madhyama-adhikārī is a śraddhāvān, a staunchly faithful person, and he is actually a candidate for further advancement in devotional service. Therefore in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 22.64|CC Madhya 22.64]]) it is said:</p> | |||
:śraddhāvān jana haya bhakti-adhikārī | |||
:'uttama', 'madhyama', 'kaniṣṭha'—śraddhā-anusārī | |||
<p>"One becomes qualified as a devotee on the elementary platform, the intermediate platform and the highest platform of devotional service according to the development of his śraddhā (faith)." Again in Caitanya-caritāmṛta ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 22.62|CC Madhya 22.62]]) it is said:</p> | |||
:'śraddhā'-śabde—viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścaya | |||
:kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya | |||
<p>" 'By rendering transcendental service to Kṛṣṇa, one automatically performs all subsidiary activities.' This confident, firm faith, favorable to the discharge of devotional service, is called śraddhā." Śraddhā, faith in Kṛṣṇa, is the beginning of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Faith means strong faith. The words of Bhagavad-gītā are authoritative instructions for faithful men, and whatever Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā is to be accepted as it is, without interpretation. This was the way Arjuna accepted Bhagavad-gītā. After hearing Bhagavad-gītā, Arjuna told Kṛṣṇa: sarvam etad ṛtaṁ manye yan māṁ vadasi keśava. "O Kṛṣṇa, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me." ([[Vanisource:BG 10.14 (1972)|BG 10.14]])</p> | |||
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"One becomes qualified as a devotee on the elementary platform, the intermediate platform and the highest platform of devotional service according to the development of his sraddha"
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Nectar of Instruction
While giving instructions to Sanātana Gosvāmī, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided devotional service into three categories.
- śāstra-yukti nāhi jāne dṛḍha, śraddhāvān
- 'madhyama-adhikārī' sei mahā-bhāgyavān
"A person whose conclusive knowledge of the śāstras is not very strong but who has developed firm faith in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and who is also undeterred in the execution of his prescribed devotional service should be considered a madhyama-adhikārī. Such a person is very fortunate." (CC Madhya 22.67) A madhyama-adhikārī is a śraddhāvān, a staunchly faithful person, and he is actually a candidate for further advancement in devotional service. Therefore in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (CC Madhya 22.64) it is said:
- śraddhāvān jana haya bhakti-adhikārī
- 'uttama', 'madhyama', 'kaniṣṭha'—śraddhā-anusārī
"One becomes qualified as a devotee on the elementary platform, the intermediate platform and the highest platform of devotional service according to the development of his śraddhā (faith)." Again in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (CC Madhya 22.62) it is said:
- 'śraddhā'-śabde—viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścaya
- kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya
" 'By rendering transcendental service to Kṛṣṇa, one automatically performs all subsidiary activities.' This confident, firm faith, favorable to the discharge of devotional service, is called śraddhā." Śraddhā, faith in Kṛṣṇa, is the beginning of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Faith means strong faith. The words of Bhagavad-gītā are authoritative instructions for faithful men, and whatever Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā is to be accepted as it is, without interpretation. This was the way Arjuna accepted Bhagavad-gītā. After hearing Bhagavad-gītā, Arjuna told Kṛṣṇa: sarvam etad ṛtaṁ manye yan māṁ vadasi keśava. "O Kṛṣṇa, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me." (BG 10.14)
- One (as in someone)
- Becoming a Devotee of God
- Qualifications of a Devotee of God
- Devotees and Devotional Service to God
- Elementary Platform of Devotional Service to God
- Intermediate Platform of Devotional Service to God
- Highest Platform of Devotional Service to God
- Platform of Devotional Service to God
- Devotional Platform
- According
- Developing Devotional Service to God
- Developing Faith
- Sraddha - Devotional Service to God
- Faith of a Devotee of God
- Faith in Devotional Service to God
- Third-class Devotees of God
- Second-class Devotees of God
- First-class Devotees of God
- The Nectar of Instruction - Text 05
- The Nectar of Instruction Texts 01 to 11