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The three categories of devotional service which Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī describes in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu are listed as devotional service in practice, …

In this connection, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī suggests that the person eligible for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or devotional service, can be classified …

To support this statement there are many authoritative assertions by the learned scholars of bygone ages. According to their general …

Here is a general description of devotional service given by Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. Previously, it has been …

Practice means employing our senses in some particular type of work. Therefore devotional service in practice means utilizing our different …

There are certain prescribed methods for employing our senses and mind in such a way that our dormant consciousness for …

Every living entity under the spell of the material energy is held to be in an abnormal condition of madness. …

Nārada Muni mentions this sādhana-bhakti in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Seventh Canto, first chapter, verse 32. He says there to King Yudhiṣṭhira, “My …

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given us an authorized program for this purpose, centered around the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa …

Now this sādhana-bhakti, or practice of devotional service, may also be divided into two parts. The first part is called …

Rūpa Gosvāmī defines the first part of devotional practice, or vaidhī-bhakti, as follows: “When there is no attachment or no …

These principles of vaidhī-bhakti are also described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Second Canto, first chapter, verse 5, where Śukadeva Gosvāmī instructs the …

In the statements of Śukadeva Gosvāmī it is said that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Śukadeva recommends …

So Śukadeva Gosvāmī has recommended to Parīkṣit Mahārāja that in order to be fearless of death, one has to hear …

Suppose one does not develop Kṛṣṇa consciousness in this human form of life. He will be thrown into the cycle …

In the Padma Purāṇa, also, the same process is advised. There it is said that one should always remember Lord …

We should always try to mold the activities of our lives in such a way that we will constantly remember …

This regulative principle is applicable to all varṇas and āśramas, the castes and occupations of life. There are four varṇas, …

If this injunction is followed, then all other rules and regulations will automatically fall into line. All other rules and …

These different orders of society and grades of spiritual advancement are conceived in terms of qualification. It is confirmed in …