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Spontaneous Devotional Service
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The attraction of Kaṁsa to Kṛṣṇa in fear and the attraction of Śiśupāla in envy are not accepted as devotional service, however, because their attitudes are not favorable. Devotional service should be executed only in a favorable frame of mind. Therefore, according to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, such attractions are not considered to be in devotional service service.
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Devotional service executed with such feelings of spontaneous love is called rāgānugā-bhakti. Devotional service under the heading of rāgānugā can be further divided into two categories: one category
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Examples of spontaneous devotional service can easily be seen in Kṛṣṇa’s direct associates in Vṛndāvana These beings don’t have to learn anything about devotional service; they are already perfect in all regulative principles and have achieved the spontaneous loving service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The nectar of devotion 15
In this connection, there is a statement by Nārada Muni to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Seventh Canto, first chapter, verse 30 …
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The gopīs may be considered to be examples of spontaneous love in sensual attraction. The gopīs are young girls and …
The nectar of devotion 15
There may be some difficulty in understanding that both the gopīs and Kaṁsa achieved the same goal, so this point …
The nectar of devotion 15
An analogy can be given with the sun globe and the sunshine: to remain in the sunshine does not mean …
The nectar of devotion 15
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī is trying here to describe the different achievements of the impersonalists and the personalists. Generally, those who …
The nectar of devotion 15
Sometimes an impersonalist may gradually elevate himself to the personal conception of the Lord. Bhagavad-gītā confirms this: “After many births …
The nectar of devotion 15
In the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa it is stated, “Those who have achieved liberation from material contamination and those who are demons …
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In the Tenth Canto, eighty-seventh chapter, verse 23 of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the Vedas personified address the Lord in this way: “My …