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There are six principles favorable to the execution of pure devotional service: (1) being enthusiastic These six principles undoubtedly assure the complete success of pure devotional service.

There are six principles favorable to the execution of pure devotional service: (1) being enthusiastic These six principles undoubtedly assure the complete success of pure devotional service.

), all the good qualities of the demigods manifest progressively in one who has developed pure devotional service

Lord Caitanya has said, bhāla nā khāibe āra bhāla nā paribe: “Do not dress luxuriously and do not eat

Even though a pure devotee may not be born in a brāhmaṇa or gosvāmī family, if he is engaged in the service of the Lord he should not be neglected. Therefore the gosvāmī title is not hereditary. A devotee is not controlled by the senses, but is the controller of the senses. Consequently he should be called svāmī or gosvāmī, even though he may not be born in a gosvāmī family

“Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of Since the all-perfect persons are inhabitants of the transcendental abode, they do not derive any pleasure

In a similar manner, the urges of the genitals, the sex impulse, can be controlled when not used unnecessarily The genitals should be used to beget a Kṛṣṇa conscious child, otherwise they should not be used. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement encourages marriage not for the satisfaction of the genitals but for

“My dear brother, you are in the renounced order of life and should not listen to talk about ordinary Do not think of women even in dreams. Do not eat luxurious dishes or dress in fine garments, but always remain humble and serve Their Lordships

“One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends

mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not

Devotional service is not a matter of sentimental speculation or imaginative ecstasy.

One should not give aural reception to unauthorized persons, but should approach the proper person, as

On the other hand, a devotee who has attained the title of gosvāmī but is not born of a brāhmaṇa father or of a gosvāmī in the family of Nityānanda or Advaita Prabhu should not be artificially puffed up by One should not be jealous, whether he is born in a family of gosvāmīs or has the title of gosvāmī awarded

Being situated in his original Kṛṣṇa conscious position, a pure devotee does not identify with the body Such a devotee should not be seen from a materialistic point of view. The Ganges waters do not become polluted.

Being situated in his original Kṛṣṇa conscious position, a pure devotee does not identify with the body Such a devotee should not be seen from a materialistic point of view. The Ganges waters do not become polluted.

Prabhu and Śrī Advaita Prabhu are certainly devotees, but devotees coming from other families should not One should not think, “Oh, here is an American gosvāmī,” and discriminate against him. Sometimes people flatly tell the American devotees that their sannyāsa or title of gosvāmī is not bona

The yogic process of negating all material thoughts will not help. The vacuum will not remain.

It is not that one accepts a portion of Bhagavad-gītā according to his own whimsical interpretations This is not śraddhā.

“A person who is very faithfully engaged in the worship of the Deity in the temple, but who does not

Materialistic activities are not at all worthy of an intelligent man, for as a result of such activities They do not stop to consider that they will live only for a certain number of years, out of which they Materialists do not consider that after giving up the body they may become embodied as lower animals, Not only are they born ignorant, but they act on the platform of ignorance, thinking that they are getting The materialists do not know that in the next life they will be degraded and that all their activities