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Ideal pure devotee

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"ideal pure devotee"


Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

CC Antya-lila

Humility, renunciation and learned scholarship were combined in Sanātana Gosvāmī, the ideal pure devotee
CC Antya 1.202, Purport: A pure devotee, free from the reactions of the material modes of nature, executes devotional service with tolerance like that of a tree. He also feels humbler than the grass. Such a devotee, who is called niṣkiñcana, or free from all material possessions, is always absorbed in emotional love of Godhead. He is reluctant to perform any kind of sense gratification. In other words, such a devotee is free from all material bondage, but he engages in Kṛṣṇa conscious activities. Such expert devotional service is performed without hypocrisy. Humility, renunciation and learned scholarship were combined in Sanātana Gosvāmī, the ideal pure devotee, who was on the same level of understanding as Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya. Like Rāmānanda Rāya, Sanātana Gosvāmī was a fully cognizant expert in the conclusions of devotional service and was therefore able to describe such transcendental knowledge.
Page Title:Ideal pure devotee
Compiler:Matea
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=1, OB=0, Lec=0, Let=0, Con=0
No. of Quotes:1