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prayers to the eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is always so beautiful and for whom the pure This third division of Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu describes the five primary kinds of devotional service been figuratively described as the five waves on the western side of this ocean of the nectar of devotion

Vedic scriptures, when a person comes to the stage of appreciating Viṣṇu, he is at the beginning of devotional If one cultivates devotional service further and further, under proper guidance, other features of devotional He is also appreciated as being completely peaceful, completely controlled and pure, merciful to the to be understood as the sign that they are situated in the śānta-rasa, or the neutral stage of devotional

and Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, who gave up the impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth to take to devotional not accept it as a transcendental humor, one must still accept it as the beginning position of devotional form is called śānta-rasa, and without being situated in this position, no one can advance to actual pure devotional service.”

This stage of śānta-rasa can be attained by the impersonalists only when they are in association with pure After Brahman realization, when a liberated soul comes in contact with a pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa and teachings of Lord Kṛṣṇa without misinterpretation, he becomes situated in this neutral stage of devotional

even a person who is situated in Brahman realization, if he is put into association with devotees in pure devotional service, will immediately become attracted to the personal feature of the Lord.

If an impersonalist can, however, come in contact with a pure devotee, his transcendental position can