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similar statement: “Persons whose bodies are marked with tilaka, symbolizing the conch shell, wheel, club and lotus – and who keep the leaves of tulasī on their heads, and whose bodies are always decorated with

literature enunciating the cultivation of Vaiṣṇava devotional service is always glorious in human society, and A person who very carefully keeps such literature at home and offers respectful obeisances to it becomes freed from all sinful reactions and ultimately becomes worshipable by the demigods.”

In the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya there is a conversation between Prahlāda Mahārāja and his father, Hiraṇyakaśipu Similarly, if we associate with the flowerlike devotees of the Lord, and if our hearts are crystal clear Another example given in this connection is that if a man is potent and if a woman is not diseased, then In the same way, if the recipient of spiritual knowledge and the deliverer of spiritual knowledge are sincere and bona fide, there will be good results.

It is said in the Ādi Purāṇa, “A person who is constantly engaged in chanting the holy name and who feels pleasure, being engaged in devotional service, is certainly awarded the facilities of devotional service and

And whatever knowledge is required for human society is perfectly presented in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. are different branches of knowledge in the Vedic writings, including sociology, politics, medicine and All these and other branches of knowledge are perfectly described in the Vedas. So, as far as spiritual knowledge is concerned, that is also perfectly described there, and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam When the mango fruit becomes ripened it is the greatest gift of that tree, and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is similarly

quotations given in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu from different scriptures are accepted by the great ācāryas and

It is also said to Nārada Muni, “My dear Nārada, a person who writes Vaiṣṇava literature and keeps such

there is a statement about observing different ceremonies celebrating the Lord’s appearance (birthday) and O killer of Keśī, we are souls one hundred percent surrendered unto Your lotus feet, and we wish only

Everyone should observe the different ceremonies and celebrations of the Lord by all means.

results of their activities, the salvationists who are aspiring to become one with the Supreme Person, and He was a liberated soul and therefore could not accept anything that was not conclusive. been concluded that one who has come to the stage of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra with determination and steadiness must be considered to have already passed the trials of fruitive activities, mental speculation and

For persons who are not inclined to clean the dust from their hearts and who want to keep things as they And so, under the guidance of a spiritual master, the disciple is trained to render service and at the

And I may tell you frankly that for such a devotee I become easily purchased.”

Mathurā can deliver all the desires and ambitions of the fruitive workers and of the salvationists, who

They go to Mathurā or Vṛndāvana and stay there during the month of Kārttika specifically to perform devotional

revealed scriptures as referring to books such as the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, Purāṇas, Upaniṣads, Vedānta – and

It is further said in the Padma Purāṇa, “There is no difference between the holy name of the Lord and As such, the holy name is as perfect as the Lord Himself in fullness, purity and eternity.

In that scripture Lord Śiva tells Pārvatī, “My dear Pārvatī, there are different methods of worship, and

The service of devotees diminishes all miserable material conditions and develops within one a deep devotional

And what, then, can be said of rendering direct service to him?”

The idea is that Vyāsadeva was also a self-realized soul, and his mature contribution of transcendental