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[SB 3.26.36]

These are all different transformation of the ethereal existence. So in the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ …

So this is to be practiced, that we should not be disturbed by the ethereal transformation in touch with the …

sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ahaituky apratihatā yenātmā suprasīdati

[SB 1.2.6]

When we are firmly fixed up in devotional service, that is the highest transcendental form of religion.

There are so many religious system---Hindu religion, Muslim religion, Christian religion---but they are all material conception of religion. Material conception …

dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ notpādayed ratiṁ yadi śrama eva hi kevalam

[SB 1.2.8]

Don't be stuck up in a system. The system is required, provided if you make progress towards the realization of …

So adhok... We have to approach that Adhokṣaja. There are different stages of knowledge = pratyakṣa, parokṣa, aparokṣa, adhokṣaja, aprākṛta. …

arcāyām eva haraye yaḥ pūjāṁ ahate na tad-bhakteṣu cānyeṣu sa bhaktaḥ prākṛtaḥ smṛtaḥ

[SB 11.2.47]

So prākṛta stage is pratyakṣa knowledge, direct perception; and knowledge received from paramparā... Pratyakṣa, parokṣa, then aparokṣa, self-realization, then adhokṣaja, …

brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām

[Bg. 18.54]

So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is gradually developing up to the stage of rāga-bhakti or parā-bhakti. Then life is successful. …

The more we become advanced in spiritual consciousness, the more we become situated in ātma-stha. That is called sthita-prajña. Then …

So Caitanya Mahāprabhu has therefore taught us, tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā [Cc. Ādi 17.31, Śikṣāṣṭaka 3]. We must …

External arrangement means illusion. We have nothing to do with it. But due to this Kali-yuga especially, we are very …