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<h3>Nectar of Devotion Lectures</h3>
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Unless one has followed strictly the path of the ṣaḍ-gosvāmīs, we cannot accept him as guru. Because Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, ei chay gosāi yāra tāra mui dāsa: one who has followed strictly the principles of Rūpa Gosvāmī. Rūpa Gosvāmī, of course, he lived very simply, mendicant: a small loincloth and simply underneath a tree. But simply by imitating his loincloth one does not become Rūpa Gosvāmī. One has to follow the principles of Rūpa Gosvāmī. Then he's called rūpānuga. Unless you become rūpānuga, you cannot understand the Gauḍīya philosophy. Ei chay gosāi yāra tāra mui dāsa.
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[[Vanisource:721018 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana|721018 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana]]
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If we want to see Kṛṣṇa, then we must be freed from designation. That is the process. Not only designation, but from all kinds of desires.

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:anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ
:jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam
:ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-
:śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā 
:(Brs. 1.1.11)
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These are the definition given by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. We Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava, Madhva-Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava, we are follower of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and others, Ṣaḍ-gosvāmī.

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:śrī-rūpa-sanātana-bhaṭṭa-raghunātha
:śrī-jīva-gopāla-bhaṭṭa-dāsa-raghunātha
:ei chay gosāi yāra tāra mui dāsa
:tān-sabāra pada-reṇu mora pañca-grās 
:(Nāma-saṅkīrtana 4, 6)
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Unless one has followed strictly the path of the ṣaḍ-gosvāmīs, we cannot accept him as guru. Because Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, ei chay gosāi yāra tāra mui dāsa: one who has followed strictly the principles of Rūpa Gosvāmī. Rūpa Gosvāmī, of course, he lived very simply, mendicant: a small loincloth and simply underneath a tree. But simply by imitating his loincloth one does not become Rūpa Gosvāmī. One has to follow the principles of Rūpa Gosvāmī. Then he's called rūpānuga. Unless you become rūpānuga, you cannot understand the Gauḍīya philosophy. Ei chay gosāi yāra tāra mui dāsa.

So this is called paramparā system. Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayoḥ viduḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 4.2 (1972)|BG 4.2]]). If you follow the path of Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī . . . not that simply by imitating his cloth. You must follow in principle all the rules and regulations given by . . .

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:anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ
:jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam
:ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-
:śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā 
:(Brs. 1.1.11)
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This is the definition given by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.

So one must be freed from all material desires. You cannot earn your livelihood by showing the Deity. This was not the business of Rūpa Gosvāmī. Rūpa Gosvāmī did not do any business by showing the Deity. Therefore you have to follow strictly the principles of Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī. Then you become Rūpānuga Vaiṣṇavas. And Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says: "One who is following the principles of the Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī, tāra mui dāsa, I accept him as spiritual master." Tān-sabāra pada-reṇu mora pañca-grās.
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