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Ecstatic love of Godhead can be potently invoked simply by following the rules and regulations of devotional service as they …

In the Padma Purāṇa there is a statement about ecstatic love born of spontaneous affection. Candrakānti, a celebrated fair-faced girl, …

THE LORD’S EXTRAORDINARY MERCY

When a devotee is found to be always associated with the Lord in ecstatic love, it is to be understood …

From the example of Candrakānti as found in the Padma Purāṇa and from the example of the gopīs as found …

Spontaneous attraction to Kṛṣṇa, which is said to be due to the extraordinary mercy of the Lord, can be placed …

In the Nārada Pañcarātra pure, unalloyed devotional service is explained as being without any motive for personal benefit. If a …

Generally, a devotee who has achieved the causeless mercy of the Lord on account of following the strict rules and …

ASSOCIATION WITH PURE DEVOTEES

Although many different processes for developing love of Godhead have been explained so far, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī now gives us …

Only the most fortunate persons can achieve such success in life. Those who are simply academic students of the Vedic …

The affection and the dealings of love that are different branches of the original tree of love precede many varieties …

Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī thus concludes the first division of the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, offering up his treatise for the transcendental pleasure of …

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta summary study of the first division of Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, up to the descriptions of ecstatic love of …

When one’s desire to love Kṛṣṇa in one’s particular relationship becomes intensified, this is known as pure love of Godhead. …

Great authorities like Bhīṣma have explained that love of Godhead means completely giving up all so-called love for any other …

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