Category:Detachment of a Devotee of God
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This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
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Pages in category "Detachment of a Devotee of God"
The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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- Although Ramananda Raya was a grhastha engaged in government service & Sanatana Gosvami was in the renounced order of complete detachment from material activities, they were both servants of the SPG who kept Krsna in the center of all their activities
- Arjuna was competent in all these attributes (he was virtuous; detached; could control his mind & senses; and he he faith in the words of Krsna, his spiritual master), over and above his enormous attributes in his material relationships. BG 1972 purports
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- He (an advanced devotee of God) should also be detached from all material attraction (viraktih), and he should not long for any material respect in return for his activities - mana-sunyata
- His (Arjuna's) desire to live by begging, although he was born in the royal household, is another sign of detachment. BG 1972 purports
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- On the dasya-rati platform a devotee is attached to rendering service to the Lord, and he is detached from material activities
- One fixed in Krsna consciousness has neither attachment nor detachment because his life is dedicated in the service of the Lord. Consequently he is not at all angry even when his attempts are unsuccessful. BG 1972 purports
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- The brahmana who met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu invited the Lord to his home. This brahmana was a great devotee and an authority on Lord Sri Ramacandra. He was always detached from material activities
- The devotee's intelligence is always in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His attitude towards the material existence is one of detachment, for he knows perfectly well that this material world is a creation of illusory energy
- The jnanis, by culture of brahma-vidya, spiritual knowledge, struggle very hard to get out of the clutches of material nature, but a devotee, by dint of his advancement in devotional service, automatically becomes detached from his material body
- The pure devotees of the Lord like Sukadeva Gosvami, who was completely detached from the abominable sex life of the material world
- This detachment (a devotee naturally hates the association of so-called society, friendship and love) is not dry but is due to achieving a higher status of life by relishing transcendental mellows
- This mercy can be perceived by the devotee when he is completely freed from contamination. It is stated, therefore, that only when all contamination is rooted out and the devotee is completely detached from material attractions can he receive God's mercy
- This narration describes the characteristics of the great and exalted devotee Prahlada Maharaja, his staunch devotional service, his perfect knowledge, and his perfect detachment from material contamination