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| [[Category:Association of Devotees]] | | [[Category:Association of Devotees of God]] |
| [[Category:Krsna's Mercy]] | | [[Category:Krsna's Mercy]] |
| [[Category:Nature Of]] | | [[Category:Nature of Devotional Service to God]] |
| [[Category:Devotional Service]] | | [[Category:Devotional Service to Krsna]] |
| [[Category:Help]] | | [[Category:Help]] |
| [[Category:One]] | | [[Category:One]] |
| [[Category:Give Up]] | | [[Category:Giving Up for Krsna]] |
| [[Category:Undesirable]] | | [[Category:Undesirable Association]] |
| [[Category:Bad Association]] | | [[Category:Bad Association]] |
| [[Category:Gradually]] | | [[Category:Gradually]] |
| [[Category:Attain]] | | [[Category:Attaining Love of God]] |
| [[Category:Elevation]] | | [[Category:Elevation]] |
| [[Category:Platform]] | | [[Category:Platform]] |
| [[Category:Love of Godhead]] | | [[Category:Love of Godhead]] |
| [[Category:Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse]] | | [[Category:Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 24 - The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse]] |
| | [[Category:Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 62 Chapters]] |
| | [[Category:Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters]] |
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| This verse refers to the association of pure devotees, the mercy of Kṛṣṇa and the rendering of devotional service. All these help one give up the association of nondevotees and the material opulence awarded by the external energy, māyā. A pure devotee is never attracted by material opulence, for he understands that wasting time to acquire material opulence is a misuse of the gift of human life. In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said, śrama eva hi kevalam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.8|SB 1.2.8]]). In the eyes of a devotee, politicians, social workers, philanthropists, philosophers and humanitarians are simply wasting their time, for human society is not freed from the cycle of birth and death by their activity and propaganda. These so-called philanthropists, politicians and philosophers have no knowledge because they do not know that there is life after death. Understanding that there is life after death is the beginning of spiritual knowledge. A person can understand himself and what he is simply by understanding the first lessons of the Bhagavad-gītā ([[Vanisource:BG 2.13|BG 2.13]]): | | This verse refers to the association of pure devotees, the mercy of Kṛṣṇa and the rendering of devotional service. All these help one give up the association of nondevotees and the material opulence awarded by the external energy, māyā. A pure devotee is never attracted by material opulence, for he understands that wasting time to acquire material opulence is a misuse of the gift of human life. In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said, śrama eva hi kevalam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.8|SB 1.2.8]]). In the eyes of a devotee, politicians, social workers, philanthropists, philosophers and humanitarians are simply wasting their time, for human society is not freed from the cycle of birth and death by their activity and propaganda. These so-called philanthropists, politicians and philosophers have no knowledge because they do not know that there is life after death. Understanding that there is life after death is the beginning of spiritual knowledge. A person can understand himself and what he is simply by understanding the first lessons of the Bhagavad-gītā ([[Vanisource:BG 2.13 (1972)|BG 2.13]]): |
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| :dehino ‘smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā</dd><dd>tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati | | :dehino ‘smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā |
| | :tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati |
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