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hierarchy: The Nectar of Devotion
hierarchy: CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
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Vedic scriptures, when a person comes to the stage of appreciating Viṣṇu, he is at the beginning of devotional service. If one cultivates devotional service further and further, under proper guidance, other features of devotional service will gradually become manifest. service.
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A saintly person is one who understands fully that simply by discharging devotional service he can become He is always situated in the regulative principles of devotional life and at the same time aspires to
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Gosvāmī and Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, who gave up the impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth to take to devotional service, are the best examples of devotees situated in the neutral state. does not accept it as a transcendental humor, one must still accept it as the beginning position of devotional service. service.”
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who is always so beautiful and for whom the pure devotees are always engaged in loving transcendental service This third division of Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu describes the five primary kinds of devotional service 
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Those who are situated on the platform of śānta-rasa get their impetus for advancement in devotional service by smelling the tulasī offered at the lotus feet of the Lord, by hearing the sound of His conchshell different items are favorable in elevating saintly persons situated in śānta-rasa to the advanced stage of devotional service.
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Sometimes a devotee in śānta-rasa yawns, stretches his limbs, instructs on devotional service, offers obeisances unto the form of the Lord, offers nice prayers to the Lord and has a desire to give direct service devotee, addressed him thus: “My dear mystic, I think that within your heart there is some ecstatic devotional
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happened to Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who also reformed himself by the grace of the Lord and took to the path of devotional service, giving up the way of impersonal realization.
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of Lord Viṣṇu by saintly persons is an instance of situation in śānta-rasa, or the neutral stage of devotional service. When the devotee is situated in the śānta-rasa, or neutral stage of devotional service, he appreciates
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When one is actually able to maintain the transcendental position, his stage is called neutrality in devotional service.
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inquiry from the sage is an instance of inquisitiveness in a devotee situated in the neutral stage of devotional service.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
This third division of Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu describes the five primary kinds of devotional service  When the devotee is situated in the śānta-rasa, or neutral stage of devotional service, he appreciates If one cultivates devotional service further and further, under proper guidance, other features of devotional There are certain symptoms of great sages who are situated in śānta-rasa devotional service, and these Sometimes a devotee in śānta-rasa yawns, stretches his limbs, instructs on devotional service, offers
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person who is situated in Brahman realization, if he is put into association with devotees in pure devotional service, will immediately become attracted to the personal feature of the Lord.