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09:0009:00, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ One then (after being freed from all unwanted things) becomes fixed in devotional service and increases his desire to act in devotional service. Thus one becomes attached to the Lord and His devotional service ‎No edit summary current
09:0009:00, 3 December 2024 diff hist +37‎ One becomes fixed in devotional service, and his faith cannot be shaken by any material allurement ‎No edit summary current
08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ Indra was surprised to see that Vrtrasura, undisturbed, was fixed in devotional service to the Lord, for such a mentality is impossible for a demon. However, by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, anyone can become an exalted devotee ‎No edit summary current
08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ If one is fixed in devotional service at the lotus feet of the Lord, he is not agitated, for he is introspective. He does not look outside to material nature, but he looks in to the spiritual nature of his existence ‎No edit summary current
08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ If one is fixed in devotional service, he realizes his own self without false identification with matter and without affection for material possessions ‎No edit summary current
08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ He (devotees of God) is fixed in devotional service, a devotee does not regard any position in the material world as important ‎No edit summary current
08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ Even while suffering in the midst of difficulties, devotees simply offer their prayers and service more enthusiastically. In this way they become firmly fixed in devotional service and eligible to return home, back to Godhead, without a doubt ‎No edit summary
08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ Even if one is fixed in devotional service like Maharaja Pariksit, he must still inquire from the realized spiritual master all about this ‎No edit summary current
08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ Demigods are supposed to be fully fixed in devotional service, or Krsna consciousness; that is the auspicious path that should be protected ‎No edit summary current
08:5908:59, 3 December 2024 diff hist +36‎ By regular hearing of the glories and pastimes of the Lord, the impurities in the student's heart begin to be washed off. The more one is cleansed of impurities, the more one becomes fixed in devotional service ‎No edit summary current
08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist 0‎ A brahmana is supposed to be qualified with twelve qualities. As stated in the Mahabharata: He must be fixed in devotional service and expert in the knowledge of the Vedas. These are the twelve qualifications for a brahmana ‎No edit summary current
08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +37‎ As soon as I (Narada) heard them with great attention, the influence of the modes of material ignorance and passion disappeared, and I became firmly fixed in devotional service to the Lord ‎No edit summary current
08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ As soon as he (the devotee firmly fixed in devotional service) remembers Lord Visnu, his eyes fill with tears. This is a symptom of a maha-bhagavata ‎No edit summary current
08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +38‎ Krsna said, "One should be fixed in devotional service. Thus one can live a very happy & peaceful life, even within this material condition. In other words, one should be callous to the material body & its by-products and should be unaffected by them" ‎No edit summary current
08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ King Kulasekhara has written in his book Mukunda-mala-stotra (5) : My only desire is to be fixed in devotional service to the lotus feet of the Lord, even though I may continue to take birth here life after life ‎No edit summary current
08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ In Bharata-varsa, all the acaryas contributed their experience, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally appeared to teach the people of Bharata-varsa how to progress in spiritual life and be fixed in devotional service to the Lord ‎No edit summary current
08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ He will take the fourth order of spiritual life (sannyasa) and will be very much self-controlled. He will be distinguished from Mayavadi sannyasis in that He will be fixed in devotional service and will spread the sankirtana movement ‎No edit summary current
08:5808:58, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ A brahmana is supposed to be qualified with twelve qualities. As stated in the Mahabharata: He must be fixed in devotional service and expert in the knowledge of the Vedas. These are the twelve qualifications for a brahmana ‎No edit summary
08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist 0‎ Such a great devotee (one who is fixed in devotional service) is never in trouble with others because he sees everyone from the platform of spiritual understanding; he sees himself and others in the right perspective ‎No edit summary current
08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ When one is strongly fixed in devotional service and free from all material attachment, uncontaminated by the material modes of nature, he becomes fit to return home, back to Godhead ‎No edit summary current
08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ When one is not affected by the bodily conceptions, one can advance to the Lord's devotional service. The more we advance our freedom from the bodily conception, the more we are fixed in devotional service, and the more we are happy and peaceful ‎No edit summary current
08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ When one is fixed in devotional service, he is above the material platform. On the material platform there are higher and lower positions, but when one is above the material platform he is always fixed in a spiritual position ‎No edit summary current
08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ When one is firmly fixed in devotional service, whether he executes one or many processes of devotional service, the waves of love of Godhead will awaken ‎No edit summary current
08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ When a person is firmly fixed in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is described as vira-vrata, fully determined. Such a devotee increases his ecstasy in devotional service more and more ‎No edit summary current
08:5708:57, 3 December 2024 diff hist +29‎ To become fixed in devotional service one has to become completely cleansed from the contamination of the material modes of nature. For work in devotional service the first item is adau gurv-asrayam ‎No edit summary current
08:5608:56, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ Those who are attached to material enjoyment cannot be fixed in devotional service to the Lord. They cannot understand Bhagavan, Krsna, or His instruction, Bhagavad-gita. Adanta-gobhir visatam tamisram: their path actually leads toward hellish life ‎No edit summary current
08:5608:56, 3 December 2024 diff hist +36‎ The more one hears about the Supreme God, the more one becomes fixed in devotional service. One should always hear about the Lord in the association of devotees; that will enhance one's devotional service. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current
08:5608:56, 3 December 2024 diff hist +37‎ Thus one is freed from all unwanted habits and becomes firmly fixed in devotional service. Thereafter, one develops taste and attachment. This is the way of sadhana-bhakti, the execution of devotional service according to the regulative principles ‎No edit summary current
08:5508:55, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ They (devotees) are without material possessions, and they perform welfare work for everyone. They are peaceful, surrendered to Krsna and desireless. They are indifferent to material acquisitions and are fixed in devotional service ‎No edit summary current
08:5508:55, 3 December 2024 diff hist +57‎ Such a great devotee (one who is fixed in devotional service) is never in trouble with others because he sees everyone from the platform of spiritual understanding; he sees himself and others in the right perspective ‎No edit summary

05:2405:24, 2 December 2024 diff hist +11‎ A prisoner, criminal, is living in the prison house since a long time, and if you raise this question, "In the beginning, how he became a criminal," is that very intelligent question ‎No edit summary current
05:2405:24, 2 December 2024 diff hist +11‎ The government may create a prisonhouse, but why do you go there? Does the government invite you there? No, you become a criminal and go there ‎No edit summary current
05:2405:24, 2 December 2024 diff hist −9‎ Ordinarily, just like in your country (USA), "Keep to the right." If you drive your car on the left side, immediately you become a criminal ‎No edit summary current
05:2405:24, 2 December 2024 diff hist +11‎ Everything is open. Not that government says that you become a criminal and he prefers somebody, "You become a high-court judge" No. Everything is in your hand. If you like, you can become so ‎No edit summary current
05:2305:23, 2 December 2024 diff hist −9‎ As you violate the laws of the state and become a criminal, similarly, as you violate the laws of God, you become sinful. You become sinful. This is the definition of sin and piety. If you follow the rules of God, then you are pious ‎No edit summary
05:2305:23, 2 December 2024 diff hist −9‎ You have got practical experience that if you violate the law of the state you become criminal and punished. But if the cats and dogs or animals, they violate the law, they are not punishable ‎No edit summary current
05:2305:23, 2 December 2024 diff hist +11‎ Thief knows he has heard it from law books that stealing is not good, and from religious scripture also, that "It is sinful. Do not commit theft. Do not become criminal" But still he does ‎No edit summary current
05:2305:23, 2 December 2024 diff hist −9‎ There are many unmanifested living entities covered by the mode of ignorance who will gradually come to the mode of passion. Most of them will become criminals because of their fruitive activities and again fill the prisons ‎No edit summary current
05:2305:23, 2 December 2024 diff hist −9‎ Just like if you have become criminal and you are arrested by the state. Suppose you are millionaires. Your money will save you? No. That will not save ‎No edit summary current
05:2305:23, 2 December 2024 diff hist −9‎ If you kill somebody, then you become criminal. But when a soldier kills hundreds of men, he is not criminal. The process is the same, but because one is acting on behalf of the supreme lawgiver, he is immune ‎No edit summary current
05:2205:22, 2 December 2024 diff hist +11‎ Government is giving facilities everyone equally. You become educated, you become high-court judge. And if you become criminal, then go to jail. So similarly, God, He's equal to everyone. Samo 'ham sarva-bhutesu (BG 9.29). There is no discrimination ‎No edit summary current
05:2205:22, 2 December 2024 diff hist +11‎ Education means enlightenment. If you foolishly do something, immediately you become criminal. So education means to enlighten them to know what is right, what is wrong. That is education ‎No edit summary current
05:2205:22, 2 December 2024 diff hist +11‎ When the (sati rite) rite became a formality only and force was applied upon a lady to follow the principle, actually it became criminal, and therefore the ceremony was to be stopped by state law ‎No edit summary current
05:2005:20, 2 December 2024 diff hist +11‎ A criminal, if you say: "In the beginning, how he became criminal," is that very intelligent question ‎No edit summary current

08:1908:19, 28 November 2024 diff hist +8‎ The words buddhim ekanta-samsthitam indicate that as an effect of Prahlada Maharaja's preaching, the students who listened to him became fixed in the conclusion that Krsna consciousness is the only object of human life ‎No edit summary current
08:1908:19, 28 November 2024 diff hist −11‎ She (Devahuti) heard from Narada Muni that Kardama Muni was just fit to be her husband; therefore she became fixed in her heart that she would marry him, and she expressed her desire to her father (Manu), who therefore brought her before him ‎No edit summary current
08:1908:19, 28 November 2024 diff hist +6‎ King Malayadhvaja executed austerities and penances for thirty-six thousand years. After this time, he became fixed in the devotional service of the Lord ‎No edit summary current
08:1608:16, 28 November 2024 diff hist +28‎ You surely must be a great devotee. Tulasi devi is growing so profusely there and that is surely to your credit. So continue with this valuable service and become fixed up in Krishna consciousness ‎No edit summary current
08:1608:16, 28 November 2024 diff hist +8‎ You should read every day without fail and become fixed in our philosophy ‎No edit summary current
08:1608:16, 28 November 2024 diff hist +28‎ With the association of a bona fide spiritual master, he (the living entity) can see his real position, and, by such an understanding, he can become fixed in full Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports ‎No edit summary current

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