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As stated in Bhagavad-gītā by the Lord Himself, His birth, deeds and activities are all transcendental Similarly, the birth, deeds and activities of the associates of the Lord are also transcendental. And as it is an offense to consider oneself to be Kṛṣṇa, so it is offensive to consider oneself to be

lifted Govardhana Hill, the cowherd men, under the protection of Lord Kṛṣṇa, became struck with wonder and went to Nanda Mahārāja and inquired from him, “My dear Nanda Mahārāja, how is it that we are so intensely attached to Kṛṣṇa and that Kṛṣṇa is also so affectionately attached to us?

A person who has attained the stage of attraction for Kṛṣṇa and who is not freed from the material impasse It is said there that a person who has unflinching faith in and love for the Personality of Godhead, who is in friendship with devotees of Kṛṣṇa, and who is very merciful to the ignorant, raising them to the standard of devotional service, and who is uninterested in nondevotees, is considered to be situated

All of the residents of Vṛndāvana and Dvārakā – namely, the cowherd men and the members of the Yadu family And just as Lord Kṛṣṇa behaves like an ordinary man when He descends to this planet, so the members of the Yadu dynasty and the residents of Vṛndāvana execute activities just like ordinary men.

section, it is stated, “Just as Lord Rāmacandra descends along with Lakṣmaṇa [an expansion of Saṅkarṣaṇa] and Bharata [an expansion of Pradyumna], so the members of the Yadu dynasty and the cowherd men of Vṛndāvana As such, these ever-liberated Vaiṣṇavas are not bound by the material laws of birth and death.”

It is described that Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of Kaṁsa, has sixty-four transcendental qualities, and all of the Godhead in any of five transcendental mellows – namely, neutrality, servitorship, friendship, parenthood and These relationships with the Lord are eternal, and therefore nitya-siddha devotees do not have to strive

My dear Śukadeva Gosvāmī, you never took the trouble to reside under the care of a spiritual master, and You never took the trouble to undergo severe austerities, and still, how wonderful it is that you have

Persons who have achieved eternal, blissful life exactly on the level of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and who are able There are two classes of living entities – namely, nitya-siddha and nitya-baddha.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī and the wives of the brāhmaṇas performing yajña are vivid examples of devotees who achieved

explained in the Padma Purāṇa in connection with the narration of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Satyabhāmā, “My dear Satyabhāmā-devī, I have descended to this earthly planet by the request of Lord Brahmā and should not consider that My associates are ever separated from Me; they are My personal expansions, and

the causeless mercy of the Lord is explained in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in connection with the brāhmaṇas and When the wives of the brāhmaṇas were favored by Lord Kṛṣṇa and immediately attained the ecstasy of love spiritual master, have not observed the strict principles of celibacy, have not undergone any austerities and

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there is this statement: “How wonderful are the fortunate residents of Vṛndāvana, such as Nanda and

groups: those who are cultivating devotional service in order to enter into the transcendental kingdom and

When there is shivering of the body and the hairs of the body stand up, it is to be understood that the

so we can imagine the potency of advanced devotional service, especially when devotees sit together and Those devotees express their feelings in such a way that they automatically melt with ecstasy, and many

When a devotee is never tired of executing devotional service and is always engaged in Kṛṣṇa conscious