Category:Standards of a Devotee of God
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- A pure devotee of the Lord of the standard of Uddhava constantly associates with the Lord in the double perception of simultaneous separation and meeting. The pure devotee is not for a moment unengaged in the transcendental service of the Lord
- Although a pure devotee's standard is above all, he still considers himself to be in the lowest stage of life
- Anyone who is very serious about raising himself to the standard of a pure devotee of the Lord must take advantage of those literatures (of the previous acaryas)
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- If there is any deviation from this standard then it is the responsibility of you and the local GBC representative to rectify it immediately. Within these Vaisnava standards which I have put forward lies the spiritual strength of our movement
- In the Mahabharata, Krsna is present in His different activities. Mahabharata is history, & simply by studying, hearing, and memorizing the transcendental activities of Krsna, the less intelligent can also gradually rise to the standard of pure devotees
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- The concrete example is the spiritual master Narada Muni. In his previous life he was simply a boy of a maidservant, but through association with great devotees he became a devotee of God of his own standard, unique in the history of devotional service
- The devotee, in the beginning, may sometimes fall from the standard, but still he should be considered superior to all other philosophers and yogis. BG 1972 purports
- The Mahabharata is history, and simply by studying, hearing and memorizing the transcendental activities of Krsna, the less intelligent can also gradually rise to the standard of pure devotees
- The standard practices for initiated devotees: Must attend evening and morning classes. Should not extensively mix with non-devotees. Should not eat food cooked by non-devotees
- There is enjoyment of the association of the opposite sex, but there is no sexual relationship. The residents of Vaikuntha have a better standard of pleasure, so there is no need of sex pleasure
- They are seeing that all Europeans and Americans, they have adopted such nice Vaisnava culture. There are attracted from that point. But if we are not to the standard point, they immediately appeal, "Oh they are useless". So that should be corrected