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hierarchy: Teachings of Lord Caitanya
hierarchy: CHAPTER ELEVEN
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Next Lord Caitanya explained to Sanātana Gosvāmī the process by which one can approach Kṛṣṇa. The only process, said Caitanya Mahāprabhu, is devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. literatures), one will find that in all of them the conclusion is that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa
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They are eternally engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or devotional service to the Lord, and they are counted among the associates of Kṛṣṇa. pleasure, the only enjoyment of their life, is derived from rendering transcendental loving service to Kṛṣṇa
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But when he comes to his real consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he stops serving these bad masters and approaches Kṛṣṇa with a frank and open heart to achieve His shelter. At such a time he prays to Kṛṣṇa to be engaged in His transcendental loving service.
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Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained that Kṛṣṇa is just like the sun and that Māyā, the illusory material energy Therefore one who is constantly in the sunshine of Kṛṣṇa cannot possibly be deluded by the darkness of jugglery to get apparent liberation from the clutches of Māyā, but if he sincerely surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa by simply once saying “My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, from this day I am Yours,” he at once gets out of the clutches
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strong that it can be surmounted only by those living entities who surrender unto the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa When a living entity forgets that he is eternally the servitor of Kṛṣṇa, that forgetfulness causes his In this way he can get out of the clutches of the material nature and achieve the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa
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is cured, he is promoted to the liberated stage, and he again attains to the devotional service of Kṛṣṇa and goes back home, back to Kṛṣṇa.
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, those who are eternally conditioned are always divorced from the transcendental loving service of Kṛṣṇa On account of the conditioned soul’s eternal attitude of separation from Kṛṣṇa, the spell of the material
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When a conditioned soul becomes a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, the Lord, by His causeless mercy, trains him in two connection there is a very nice verse in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.29.6), in which Uddhava says to Lord Kṛṣṇa
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Regardless of one’s social or spiritual position, however, one who is lacking in devotional service, or Kṛṣṇa Therefore, whoever is engaged in his occupational or spiritual duty must simultaneously cultivate Kṛṣṇa
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and every living entity he can see the Supreme Person, and therefore he becomes highly developed in Kṛṣṇa Such a pure devotee continues to develop all great qualities while engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and
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“Lord Kṛṣṇa certainly fulfills the desires of His devotees who come to Him in devotional service, but
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One who has faith is firmly convinced that simply by rendering devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa all other