Beginning of devotional service
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 1
SB Canto 3
SB Canto 4
SB Canto 7
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Madhya-lila
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Teachings of Lord Caitanya
Nectar of Devotion
Renunciation Through Wisdom
Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
- śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ
- smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam
- arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ
- sakhyam ātma-nivedanam
- [SB 7.5.23]
Nectar of Devotion Lectures
So that is real life.
- ei rūpe brahmāṇḍo bhramite kono bhāgyavān jīva
- guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
- [Cc. Madhya 19.151]
- mālī hañā sei bīja karaye āropaṇa
- śravaṇa-kīrtana-jale karaye secana
- [Cc. Madhya 19.152]
- brahma-bhutaḥ prasannātmā
- na śocati na kāṅkṣati
- samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu
- mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām
- [Bg. 18.54]
That is beginning of devotional service. So Kṛṣṇa, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, sādhu-śāstra-kṛpāya yadi kṛṣṇonmukha haya sei jīva nistare. Nistare means he becomes delivered. If somehow or other he becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, by the mercy of a sādhu, and by understanding the śāstra, if somehow or other he becomes lean to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then he is eligible for being delivered from this miserable condition of material life. Māyā tāhāre chāḍaya. Then this illusion, māyā, releases our light here now. That is also stated in the Bhagavad-gītā,
- daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī
- mama māyā duratyayā
- mām eva ye prapadyante
- māyām etaṁ taranti te
- [Bg. 7.14]
Conversations and Morning Walks
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
Satsvarūpa: In the beginning of devotional service, the concentration is on the service more than on Kṛṣṇa the person.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Satsvarūpa: But then gradually, as we serve and serve and concentrate on the service, then there's realization.
Prabhupāda: Yes, realization comes.Correspondence
1968 Correspondence
Page Title: | Beginning of devotional service |
Compiler: | Archana |
Created: | 26 of Sep, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=8, CC=1, OB=3, Lec=6, Con=1, Let=1 |
No. of Quotes: | 20 |