{"id":37638,"date":"2020-02-12T02:08:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T07:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=37638"},"modified":"2022-02-12T02:08:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T07:08:59","slug":"the-nectar-of-devotion-chapter-1-the-happiness-of-becoming-one-with-the-supreme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-nectar-of-devotion-chapter-1-the-happiness-of-becoming-one-with-the-supreme\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nectar of Devotion &#8211; Chapter 1 The happiness of becoming one with the supreme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The happiness of becoming one with the supreme<br \/>\n\u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b says that if brahm\u0101nanda, or the happiness of becoming one with the Supreme, is multiplied one trillionfold, it still cannot compare to an atomic fraction of the happiness derived from the ocean of devotional service.<br \/>\nIn the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya Prahl\u0101da Mah\u0101r\u0101ja, while satisfying Lord N\u1e5bsi\u1e41ha-deva by his prayers, says,<br \/>\n\u201cMy dear Lord of the universe, I am feeling transcendental pleasure in Your presence and have become merged in the ocean of happiness. I now consider the happiness of brahm\u0101nanda to be no more than the water in the impression left by a cow\u2019s hoof in the earth compared to this ocean of bliss.\u201d<br \/>\nSimilarly, it is confirmed in the Bh\u0101v\u0101rtha-d\u012bpik\u0101, \u015ar\u012bdhara Sv\u0101m\u012b\u2019s commentary on the \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam,<br \/>\n\u201cMy dear Lord, some of the fortunate persons who are swimming in the ocean of Your nectar of devotion, and who are relishing the nectar of the narration of Your pastimes, certainly know ecstasies that immediately minimize the value of the happiness derived from religiousness, economic development, sense gratification and liberation. Such a transcendental devotee regards any kind of happiness other than devotional service as no better than straw in the street.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The happiness of becoming one with the supreme \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b says that if brahm\u0101nanda, or the happiness of becoming one with the Supreme, is multiplied one trillionfold, it still cannot compare to an atomic fraction &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-nectar-of-devotion-chapter-1-the-happiness-of-becoming-one-with-the-supreme\/\" aria-label=\"The Nectar of Devotion &#8211; Chapter 1 The happiness of becoming one with the supreme\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 11:15:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}