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CHAPTER SIX
How to Discharge Devotional Service Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī states that his elder brother (Sanātana Gosvāmī) has compiled Hari-bhakti-vilāsa for the …
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How to Discharge Devotional Service
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Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī states that his elder brother (Sanātana Gosvāmī) has compiled Hari-bhakti-vilāsa for the guidance of the Vaiṣṇavas and …
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He mentions the basic principles as follows: (1) accepting the shelter of the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual …
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These ten items are preliminary necessities for beginning the discharge of devotional service in regulative principles. In the beginning, if …
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The next set of instructions is listed as follows: (1) One should rigidly give up the company of nondevotees. (2) …
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Without following the above-mentioned ten principles, one cannot properly elevate himself to the platform of sādhana-bhakti, or devotional service in …
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The next important items are as follows: (1) One should decorate the body with tilaka, which is the sign of …
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(9) One must circumambulate the temple building at least three times. (In every temple there is an arrangement to go …
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Now the total regulative principles come to an aggregate of sixty-four items. As we have mentioned, the first are the …
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The sixty-four items of devotional service should include all of our activities of body, mind and speech. As stated in …