{"id":74251,"date":"2025-06-17T02:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=74251"},"modified":"2025-06-13T17:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:35:52","slug":"the-six-obstacles-to-advancement-in-bhakti-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-six-obstacles-to-advancement-in-bhakti-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Six Obstacles to Advancement in Bhakti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-prem\ud83d\ude0c\ud83c\udf3c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-74252 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-prem\ud83d\ude0c\ud83c\udf3c-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-prem\ud83d\ude0c\ud83c\udf3c-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-prem\ud83d\ude0c\ud83c\udf3c.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a>The six obstacles to advancement in Bhakti are mentioned in the second verse:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">atyaharah prayasas ca<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">prajalpo niyamagrahah<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">jana-sangas ca laulyam ca<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><em>sadbhir bhaktir vinasyati<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Devotional service is ruined when one gets too entangled in the following activities: (1) eating more than necessary or raising more money than necessary, (2) exerting too much effort for worldly things that are difficult to obtain, (3) unnecessarily talking about worldly matters, (4) practicing the rules given by the scriptures just to follow them, and not for spiritual advancement, or rejecting them by acting independently or on whim, (5) associating with people motivated by worldly thoughts not interested in Krishna consciousness, and (6) being greedy for worldly results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">This is a section of the book \u201cBhajana-Rahasya\u201d.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To buy the complete book, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\/art\/bhajana-rahasya-english\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">click here<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The six obstacles to advancement in Bhakti are mentioned in the second verse: atyaharah prayasas ca prajalpo niyamagrahah jana-sangas ca laulyam ca sadbhir bhaktir vinasyati\u00a0 Devotional service is ruined when one gets too entangled in the &hellip; 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