Nectar of Devotion – CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: – Ecstatic Love
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Ecstatic Love By the process of executing regulated devotional service, one is actually elevated to the transcendental stage, beyond the material modes of nature. At that time one’s heart becomes illuminated like the … Read More
Nectar of Devotion – CHAPTER FOURTEEN: – Devotional Qualifications
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Devotional Qualifications Some scholars recommend that knowledge and renunciation are important factors for elevating oneself to devotional service. But actually that is not a fact. Actually, the cultivation of knowledge or renunciation, … Read More
Nectar of Devotion – CHAPTER ELEVEN: – Aspects of Transcendental Service
CHAPTER ELEVEN Aspects of Transcendental Service SERVITORSHIP In the opinion of the karmīs (fruitive workers), offering the results of karma is called servitorship. But according to Vaiṣṇava ācāryas like Rūpa Gosvāmī, servitorship … Read More
Nectar of Devotion – CHAPTER EIGHT: – Offenses to Be Avoided
CHAPTER EIGHT Offenses to Be Avoided In the supplementary Vedic literature, there is the following list of thirty-two offenses in the matter of serving the Lord: (1) One should not enter the temple of the … Read More
Nectar of Devotion – CHAPTER FOUR: – Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation
CHAPTER FOUR Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation How much a devotee is seriously attached to the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be understood from the statement of Mahārāja Pṛthu (Ādi-rāja), which … Read More
Nectar of Devotion – CHAPTER TWO: – The First Stages of Devotion
CHAPTER TWO The First Stages of Devotion The three categories of devotional service which Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī describes in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu are listed as devotional service in practice, devotional service in ecstasy and devotional service in … Read More
Nectar of Devotion – Introduction
Introduction Invoking auspiciousness: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes, the reservoir of all rasas, or relationships, which are called neutrality (passive adoration), servitorship, friendship, parenthood, conjugal … Read More
Nectar of Devotion – Concluding Words
Concluding Words Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī concludes by saying that the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu is very difficult for ordinary men to understand, yet he hopes that Lord Kṛṣṇa, the eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead, will be pleased … Read More
Nectar of Devotion – CHAPTER FORTY-NINE: – Mixing of Rasas
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE Mixing of Rasas As already described, there are twelve different kinds of rasas, or ecstatic relationships that are shared with Kṛṣṇa. Five of these rasas are direct, and they are listed … Read More
Nectar of Devotion – CHAPTER FORTY-SIX: – Astonishment and Chivalry
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX Astonishment and Chivalry ASTONISHMENT The ecstasy of astonishment in devotional service is perceived in two ways: directly, by the experience of one’s own eyes, and indirectly, by hearing from others. When … Read More
Nectar of Devotion – CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR: – Devotional Service In Conjugal Love
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR Devotional Service In Conjugal Love A pure devotee’s attraction to Kṛṣṇa in conjugal love is called devotional service in conjugal love. Although such conjugal feelings are not at all material, there is … Read More
Nectar of Devotion CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: – Indifference and Separation
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT Indifference and Separation The great devotee Uddhava once wrote a letter to Kṛṣṇa, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, I have just finished the study of all kinds of philosophical books and Vedic verses about … Read More
Nectar of Devotion CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: – Transcendental Affection (Servitude)
Transcendental Affection (Servitude) The transcendental mellow of affection has been accepted by authorities like Śrīdhara Svāmī as a perfectional stage of devotion. It is just above the humor of neutrality and is a requisite for … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 3.40 – indriyāṇi mano buddhir
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते । एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ॥ ४० ॥ indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam indriyāṇi — the senses; manaḥ — the mind; buddhiḥ — the intelligence; … Read More
