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various kinds is recommended in the Vedas for those who are not ready to take up the process of pure devotional service

But pure devotional service is anyābhilāṣitā-śūnya, free from material desires.

And just as Kṛṣṇa’s form is not like our material forms, so His pastimes are also not of this material

One must not have any sex except to have children within marriage. One must not indulge in intoxication. One must not gamble. And one must not eat meat, fish, or eggs or anything else beyond the foods established for human beings If everything eatable is food, why not eat stool? Stool is also food – hogs eat stool. But human beings should not eat like hogs, who will eat all kinds of unclean foods.

But we must not sin again. Lord Caitanya agreed on the condition that they promise not to commit any more sins. He said, “Whatever you have done I shall excuse, but do not do it again.” We shall not do them anymore.” But that does not mean he can again commit sins.

That Ajāmila remembered Kṛṣṇa was not accidental. practice was there at the time of his death, even though he was calling out the name of his youngest son, not

Viṣṇudūtas continued: “By following the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies or undergoing atonement, sinful men do not Although ritualistic atonement may free one from sinful reactions, it does not awaken devotional service

The rāsa-līlā is not an affair of lust. According to Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the chapters of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam describing the rāsa-līlā are not Therefore these descriptions of the rāsa-līlā should not be described to ordinary people. One must not try to imagine the rāsa-līlā of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in mundane terms.

that medicine or is forced to take it, it will act even without his knowledge, for its potency does not Similarly, even though one does not know the value of chanting the holy name of the Lord, if one chants

On account of our envious nature, however, we are not prepared to take His mercy. He openly offers His protection, but we do not take it. Sunlight is also equally distributed throughout the universe, but if we close the door and do not come Sunlight and moonlight do not discriminate, illuminating the houses of brāhmaṇas while leaving caṇḍālas

That means His body is not material but spiritual. This means that God’s eyes are unlike ours – they are spiritual, not material.

very much attracted to Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa-līlā – His pastimes with His cowherd girlfriends – but they do not They do not know that the Absolute Truth, Kṛṣṇa, is good in any and all circumstances.

field of dry grass is set afire, either by a man who knows the power of fire or by a child who does not Similarly, a person may or may not know the power of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, but if he chants

Piety does not amount to liberation. One may even become a brāhmaṇa, a very pious man, but that does not mean he has become a devotee. Ignorant people may say, “Arjuna is not a good man. In the estimation of the material world Arjuna may not be a good man, but because he is a soul surrendered but a devotee, although naturally a very good man, can act like a bad man on Kṛṣṇa’s order and still not

Therefore, O servants of Yamarāja, do not try to take him to your master for punishment in hellish conditions

Unfortunately, most people do not hear the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from authoritative sources.

That is certainly not bhakti, or devotion. Thinking of Kṛṣṇa but being opposed to His desire, opposed to satisfying Him, is not bhakti.

Even if one does not understand the meaning of the Lord’s name, form, and pastimes, one is purified simply

Or, if we give medicine to a child, it acts, even though he does not know the potency of the medicine Similarly, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra acts, even though we may not know how or why.

But a devotee does not care for elevation to the heavenly planets. For a devotee, such a life is hellish, because he does not wish to live without Kṛṣṇa.