University Lecture
Motilal, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindly inviting me in this meeting to serve you to some extent according to my capacity.
1973
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The Nectar of Devotion
Three kinds of happinesses: bhoga, tyāga and bhakti, sevā.
The Nectar of Devotion
So in this age, especially in Kali-yuga, one who does not join in the kīrtana, he's not a devotee at all.
Bhagavad-gītā 7.1
If you want to know Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord, here is Bhagavad-gītā As It Is.* Try to understand, and your life will be successful.
The Nectar of Devotion
Now we say simply by developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness every member in the society, human society, will be happy.
Sannyāsa Initiation Lecture
So renouncement, simply giving up something, is not very good idea.
The Nectar of Devotion
So, to make progress in devotional service, one cannot manufacture anything.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Preface Paṇḍāl Lecture "We must know the present need of human society"
So \"The ideals of human society is broader than in the Middle Age, and the world tendency is towards one state or one human society.
Bhagavad-gītā 7.1
Aiśvaryasya samagrasya vīryasya, strength, influence.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5th Canto, Pandal Lecture
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, pañcama skandha, Fifth Canto.
The Nectar of Devotion
When a living entity, when a person comes to the understanding, without any doubt, that he's eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, then his real life begins.
The Nectar of Devotion
That Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, the Sanskrit word...
The Nectar of Devotion
From material point of view, you can understand how much potency is God, Kṛṣṇa.
The Nectar of Devotion
So, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī is first offering his respect, obeisances, to Sanātana Gosvāmī, who is his elder brother, at the same time guru.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6 [Hindi]
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The Nectar of Devotion
So the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Rūpa Gosvāmī teaches that even if you be attached to Kṛṣṇa in adverse condition, in opposite condition, that is also good, because Kṛṣṇa is there.
The Nectar of Devotion
There is a propensity of men, association with woman, mithunī-bhāvam etat.
The Nectar of Devotion
If actually one understands Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa līlā, then they'll forget forever this sex life of the material world.
The Nectar of Devotion
Without being Kṛṣṇa conscious, there cannot be blissful life.
Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā Lecture
So the original father of this universe is Lord Brahmā; therefore he is addressed as Pitāmaha.
The Nectar of Devotion
So Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī is giving us the process how to elevate one's self from this material platform to the spiritual platform.
Bhagavad-gītā 7.13 Hindi
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The Nectar of Devotion
Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adhaḥ.