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| [[Category:Loving Service to Krsna]] | | [[Category:Loving Service to Krsna]] |
| [[Category:By]] | | [[Category:Executing Devotional Service to God]] |
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| [[Category:Nine Processes of Devotional Service]] | | [[Category:Beginning of Devotional Service to God]] |
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| [[Category:Hearing and Chanting]] | | [[Category:Hearing and Chanting]] |
| [[Category:Attain]] | | [[Category:Hearing in Devotional Service to God]] |
| [[Category:Fifth]] | | [[Category:Chanting in Devotional Service to God]] |
| [[Category:Success]] | | [[Category:Attaining Devotional Service to God]] |
| [[Category:Limitation]] | | [[Category:Devotional Service to God is the Fifth Platform of Success]] |
| [[Category:Goal of Life]] | | [[Category:Attaining Success]] |
| | [[Category:Devotional Service to God is the Limit of Life's Goal]] |
| [[Category:Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 09 - Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places]] | | [[Category:Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 09 - Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places]] |
| | [[Category:Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 62 Chapters]] |
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| Everyone is after success in religion, economic development, sense gratification and ultimately merging into the existence of Brahman. These are the general practices of the common man, but according to the strict principles of the Vedas, the highest attainment is to rise to the platform of śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam ([[Vanisource:SB 7.5.23|SB 7.5.23]]), hearing and chanting about the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.1.2|SB 1.1.2]]): | | Everyone is after success in religion, economic development, sense gratification and ultimately merging into the existence of Brahman. These are the general practices of the common man, but according to the strict principles of the Vedas, the highest attainment is to rise to the platform of śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam ([[Vanisource:SB 7.5.23-24|SB 7.5.23]]), hearing and chanting about the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.1.2|SB 1.1.2]]): |
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| :dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ’tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁ</dd><dd>vedyaṁ vāstavam atra vastu śiva-daṁ tāpa-trayonmūlanam</dd><dd>śrīmad-bhāgavate mahā-muni-kṛte kiṁ vā parair īśvaraḥ</dd><dd>sadyo hṛdy avarudhyate ’tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tat-kṣaṇāt | | :dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ’tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁ |
| | :vedyaṁ vāstavam atra vastu śiva-daṁ tāpa-trayonmūlanam |
| | :śrīmad-bhāgavate mahā-muni-kṛte kiṁ vā parair īśvaraḥ |
| | :sadyo hṛdy avarudhyate ’tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tat-kṣaṇāt |
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| According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, the material conception of success (mokṣa, or liberation) is desired by those in material existence. Devotees, however, not being situated in material existence, have no desire for liberation. | | According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, the material conception of success (mokṣa, or liberation) is desired by those in material existence. Devotees, however, not being situated in material existence, have no desire for liberation. |
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| A devotee is always liberated in all stages of life because he is always engaged in the nine items of devotional service (śravaṇam, kīrtanam, etc.). Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s philosophy holds that devotional service to Kṛṣṇa always exists in everyone’s heart. It simply has to be awakened by the process of śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 7.5.23|SB 7.5.23]]). Śravaṇādi śuddha-citte karaye udaya ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 22.107|CC Madhya 22.107]]). When a person is actually engaged in devotional service, his eternal relationship with the Lord, the servant-master relationship, is awakened. | | A devotee is always liberated in all stages of life because he is always engaged in the nine items of devotional service (śravaṇam, kīrtanam, etc.). Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s philosophy holds that devotional service to Kṛṣṇa always exists in everyone’s heart. It simply has to be awakened by the process of śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 7.5.23-24|SB 7.5.23]]). Śravaṇādi śuddha-citte karaye udaya ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 22.107|CC Madhya 22.107]]). When a person is actually engaged in devotional service, his eternal relationship with the Lord, the servant-master relationship, is awakened. |
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