{"id":7328,"date":"2020-05-06T11:04:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T15:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=7328"},"modified":"2020-05-06T14:05:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T18:05:54","slug":"trascendental-loving-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/trascendental-loving-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Trascendental loving service….."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prahlada Mah\u0101r\u0101ja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Vi\u1e63\u1e47u, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one\u2019s best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words)\u2014these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life to the service of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a through these nine methods should be understood to be the most learned person, for he has acquired complete knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nPURPORT OF S.PRABHUPADA<\/span>
\nWhen Prahl\u0101da Mah\u0101r\u0101ja was asked by his father to say something from whatever he had learned, he considered that what he had learned from his spiritual master was the best of all teachings whereas what he had learned about diplomacy from his material teachers, \u1e62a\u1e47\u1e0da and Amarka, was useless. Bhakti\u1e25 pare\u015b\u0101nubhavo viraktir anyatra ca (Bh\u0101g. 11.2.42). This is the symptom of pure devotional service. A pure devotee is interested only in devotional service, not in material affairs. To execute devotional service, one should always engage in hearing and chanting about K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, or Lord Vi\u1e63\u1e47u. The process of temple worship is called arcana. How to perform arcana will be explained herein. One should have complete faith in the words of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, who says that He is the great well-wishing friend of everyone (suh\u1e5bda\u1e41 sarva-bh\u016bt\u0101n\u0101m). A devotee considers K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a the only friend. This is called sakhyam. Pu\u1e41s\u0101rpit\u0101 vi\u1e63\u1e47au. The word pu\u1e41s\u0101 means \u201cby all living entities.\u201d There are no distinctions permitting only a man or only a br\u0101hma\u1e47a to offer devotional service to the Lord. Everyone can do so. As confirmed in Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 (9.32), striyo vai\u015by\u0101s tath\u0101 \u015b\u016bdr\u0101s te \u2019pi y\u0101nti par\u0101\u1e41 gatim: although women, vai\u015byas and \u015b\u016bdras are considered less intelligent, they also can become devotees and return home, back to Godhead.<\/span>
\nAfter performing sacrifices, sometimes a person engaged in fruitive activity customarily offers the results to Vi\u1e63\u1e47u. But here it is said, bhagavaty addh\u0101: one must directly offer everything to Vi\u1e63\u1e47u. This is called sanny\u0101sa (not merely ny\u0101sa). A trida\u1e47\u1e0di-sanny\u0101s\u012b carries three da\u1e47\u1e0das, signifying kaya-mano-v\u0101kya\u2014body, mind and words. All of these should be offered to Vi\u1e63\u1e47u, and then one can begin devotional service. Fruitive workers first perform some pious activities and then formally or officially offer the results to Vi\u1e63\u1e47u. The real devotee, however, first offers his surrender to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a with his body, mind and words and then uses his body, mind and words for the service of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a as K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a desires.<\/span>
\n\u015ar\u012bla Bhaktisiddh\u0101nta Sarasvat\u012b \u1e6ch\u0101kura gives the following explanation in his Tathya. The word \u015brava\u1e47a refers to giving aural reception to the holy name and descriptions of the Lord\u2019s form, qualities, entourage and pastimes as explained in \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam, Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 and similar authorized scriptures. After aurally receiving such messages, one should memorize these vibrations and repeat them (k\u012brtanam). Smara\u1e47am means trying to understand more and more about the Supreme Lord, and p\u0101da-sevanam means engaging oneself in serving the lotus feet of the Lord according to the time and circumstances. Arcanam means worshiping Lord Vi\u1e63\u1e47u as one does in the temple, and vandanam means offering respectful obeisances. Man-man\u0101 bhava mad-bhakto mad-y\u0101j\u012b m\u0101\u1e41 namaskuru [Bg. 18.65]. Vandanam means namaskuru\u2014offering obeisances or offering prayers. Thinking oneself to be nitya-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-d\u0101sa, everlastingly a servant of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, is called d\u0101syam, and sakhyam means being a well-wisher of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a wants everyone to surrender unto Him because everyone is constitutionally His servant. Therefore, as a sincere friend of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, one should preach this philosophy, requesting everyone to surrender unto K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. \u0100tma-nivedanam means offering K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a everything, including one\u2019s body, mind, intelligence and whatever one may possess.<\/span>
\nOne\u2019s sincere endeavor to perform these nine processes of devotional service is technically called bhakti. The word addh\u0101 means \u201cdirectly\u201d One should not be like the karm\u012bs, who perform pious activities and then formally offer the results to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. That is karma-k\u0101\u1e47\u1e0da. One should not aspire for the results of his pious activities, but should dedicate oneself fully and then act piously. In other words, one should act for the satisfaction of Lord Vi\u1e63\u1e47u, not for the satisfaction of his own senses. That is the meaning of the word addh\u0101, \u201cdirectly.\u201d<\/span>
\nany\u0101bhil\u0101\u1e63it\u0101-\u015b\u016bnya\u1e41<\/span>
\nj\u00f1\u0101na-karm\u0101dy-an\u0101v\u1e5btam<\/span>
\n\u0101nuk\u016blyena k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47\u0101nu-<\/span>
\n\u015b\u012blana\u1e41 bhaktir uttam\u0101<\/span>
\n[Madhya 19.167]<\/span>
\n\u201cOne should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSrimad-Bhagavatam<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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