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Upamanyu – The Ideal Guru-sevaka

Upamanyu – The Ideal Guru-sevaka

The disciple who follows his guru’s orders and teachings, rather than imitating his actions and practices, will never be deprived of his guru’s mercy. Rather than taking the Āṣvinī Kumāra’s advice to imitate the actions of his guru, Upamanyu followed his guru’s order. He refused to eat the healing cake without his guru’spermission.

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Associating with Sādhus

Associating with Sādhus

Those who have direct darśana often risk a misunderstanding. The proverb “Too much familiarity breeds contempt” is proof of that. Though proximity to śrī guru and Vaiṣṇavas has not been forbidden because of this, the statement “vando muĩ...

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The Nature of True Devotees 

The Nature of True Devotees 

The devotees are ever engaged in the service of God. No tendency towards anything else, no other thought or deed besides that service, finds any opportunity to cast its shadow over the souls of those bhakti-yogīs, who are incessantly communing with God and are entirely dedicated to Him.

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Kali is an ocean of faults but simply by hari-kīrtana one can attain perfection

Kali is an ocean of faults but simply by hari-kīrtana one can attain perfection

If we like to get one drop of honey, and if we are given the facility to grind and paste all flowers, will it be possible for us to get one drop of honey?  All our Paramhasa Guruvarga, they are all like honey bees, because they can collect the essence from different scriptural analyses for us, which is surely not possible for us. From Srimad Bhagavatam we know…

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Trap of Emotion

Trap of Emotion

Nothing can be gained by running away from the unpleasant world in which
we live, by diving and plunging into the bliss of realization. Our spiritual
happiness is quite unimportant, rather an impediment. Her and His happiness is everything. Even with the greatest enthusiasm and inspite of all trances of bliss we must go step by step, otherwise we believe we are on a high stage but are only on an emotional, mind made stage.

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