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Revatīnandana: "Factually, bhakti-yoga is the ultimate goal, but to analyze bhakti-yoga minutely, one has to understand these other minor yogas. …

Prabhupāda: Yes. Now, if somebody is practicing jñāna-yoga, if he thinks that this is finished, that is wrong. You have …

So if by coming to the particular eightieth, fiftieth or eightieth floor one thinks, "This is finished," then he is …

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Revatīnandana: "But if one is fortunate enough to come to the point of bhakti-yoga, it is to be understood that …

Prabhupāda: Now, if somebody, instead of crossing the steps, he is given chance of the elevator, within a second he …

Lord Caitanya has recommended that in this age, people are very short-living, they are disturbed, they are full of anxieties. …

Therefore Rūpa Gosvāmī prays, offers respect to Lord Caitanya, namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te [Cc. Madhya 19.53]:

"Oh, You are the most munificent incarnation, because You are giving directly love of Kṛṣṇa. To attain love of Kṛṣṇa …

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Revatīnandana: "Therefore, to become Kṛṣṇa conscious is the highest stage of yoga, just as when we speak of the Himalayas, …

"The ideal yogī concentrates his attention on Kṛṣṇa, who is called Śyāmasundara, beautifully colored as a cloud, His lotuslike face …

"If one remains fully conscious of these features of the Lord, he is called the highest yogī. This stage of …

Prabhupāda: Bhakti... In the Bhagavad-gītā you'll find that bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ [Bg. 18.55].

[One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness …

In the beginning Kṛṣṇa says that "Out of millions of people, one may understand Me actually, factually." And that same …

In the Vedas also it is said simply through bhakti, devotional service, you can attain to the highest perfectional stage. …

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[break] Yes.