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The Nectar of Instruction
Text 1:
A sober person who can
tolerate
: -> is qualified to make disciples all over the world.
(1) the urge to
speak
(2) the
mind’
s demands
(3) the actions of
anger
(4) the urges of the
tongue
(5) the urges of the
belly
(6) the urges of the
genitals
Text 2:
One’s devotional service is
spoiled
when he becomes too entangled in the following
six activities:
(1)
eating more
than necessary or
collecting
more funds than required (Atyahara)
(2)
over-endeavoring
for mundane things that are very difficult to obtain (Prayasa)
(3)
talking unnecessarily
about mundane subject matters (Prajalpa)
(4)
practicing
the scriptural rules and regulations only
for the sake of following them
and not for the sake of spiritual advancement,
or rejecting the rules
and regulations of the scriptures and working independently or whimsically (Niyamagraha)
(5) associating with
worldly-minded persons
who are not interested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness (Jana-Sanga)
(6) being
greedy
for mundane achievements (Laulya)
Text 3:
There are six principles
favorable
to the execution of pure devotional service. These six principles undoubtedly assure the
complete success of pure devotional service
:
(1) being
enthusiastic
(Utsaha)
(2) endeavoring with
confidence
(Niscaya)
(3) being
patient
(Dhairya)
(4) acting according to
regulative principles
[such as śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇam – hearing, chanting and remembering Kṛṣṇa] (Tat-tat-karma-pravartana)
(5)
abandoning
the association of
nondevotees
(Sanga-tyaga)
(6) following in the footsteps of the
previous ācāryas
(Sadhu-vritti)
Text 4:
The
six symptoms of love
shared by one devotee and another:
(1)
Offering
gifts in
charity
(2)
accepting charitable
gifts
(3) revealing one’s mind in confidence
(4)
inquiring
confidentially
(5) accepting prasāda
(6) offering prasāda
Text 5:
One
should
:
(1) mentally
honor the devotee
who chants the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa
(2) offer
humble obeisances
to the devotee who
(a) has undergone spiritual
initiation
[dīkṣā]
(b) and is engaged
in worshiping
the Deity
(3)
associate with and faithfully serve
that pure devotee
(a) who is advanced in
undeviated devotional service
(b) and whose heart is completely
devoid of the propensity to criticize others
Text 6:
1. Being situated in his
original Kṛṣṇa conscious position
,
a pure devotee
does not identify with the body
. Such a devotee should not be seen from a materialistic point of view.
Indeed, one should
overlook a devotee’s having
:
a
body
born in a
low family
a
body
with a
bad complexion
a
deformed body
or a diseased or
infirm body
According to ordinary vision, such imperfections may seem prominent in the body of a pure devotee, but despite such seeming defects, the
body of a pure devotee cannot be polluted
.
It is exactly like the waters of the Ganges, which sometimes during the rainy season are full of bubbles, foam and mud. The
Ganges waters do not become polluted
.
Those who are
advanced in spiritual understanding will bathe in the Ganges
without considering the condition of the water.
Text 7:
1. These
features of Kṛṣṇa
are all transcendentally
sweet
like sugar candy.
(1)
holy name
(2)
character
(3)
pastimes
(4) and
activities
Although the
tongue
of one afflicted by the
jaundice of avidyā
[ignorance]
cannot taste anything sweet
, it is wonderful that simply by:
carefully chanting these sweet names every day
a natural
relish awakens within his tongue
, and his
disease
is gradually
destroyed at the root
Text 8:
The
essence of all advice
is that one should
(1) utilize one’s
full time
– twenty-four hours a day.
(a) in nicely
chanting
and
remembering the Lord’s
(a1) divine name
(a2) transcendental form
(a3) qualities
(a4) and eternal pastimes
(b) thereby gradually
engaging one’s
(b1) tongue
(b2) and mind
(2) In this way
one should
(a)
reside in Vraja
[Goloka Vṛndāvana-dhāma]
(b) and
serve Kṛṣṇa
under the guidance of devotees.
(c) follow in the footsteps of the
Lord’s beloved devotees
,
who are deeply
attached to His devotional service
.
Text 9:
The holy place known as
Mathurā
is
spiritually superior to Vaikuṇṭha
, the transcendental world, because the Lord appeared there.
Superior to Mathurā-purī is the
transcendental forest of Vṛndāvana
because of Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa-līlā pastimes.
And superior to the forest of Vṛndāvana is
Govardhana Hill
, for it was raised by the divine hand of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and was the site of His various loving pastimes.
And, above all, the
superexcellent Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa
stands supreme, for it is overflooded with the ambrosial nectarean
prema
of the Lord of Gokula, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Where, then, is that intelligent Person who is unwilling to serve this divine Rādhā-kuṇḍa, which is situated at the foot of Govardhana Hill?
Text 10:
In the
śāstra
it is said that:
Of all types of
fruitive workers
, he who is advanced
in knowledge of the higher values
of life is favored by the Supreme Lord Hari.
Out of many such people
who are advanced in knowledge
[jñānīs], one who is practically
liberated
by virtue of his knowledge may take to devotional service. He is
superior
to the others.
However, one who has actually attained
prema
, pure love of Kṛṣṇa, is
superior to him
.
The
gopīs
are exalted
above
all the advanced devotees because they are always
totally dependent
upon Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the transcendental cowherd boy.
Among the gopīs,
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
is the
most dear
to Kṛṣṇa. Her kuṇḍa [lake] is as profoundly dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa as this most beloved of the gopīs.
Who, then, will not reside at Rādhā-kuṇḍa and, in a spiritual body surcharged with ecstatic devotional feelings [aprākṛta-bhāva],
render
loving service
to the Divine Couple Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda, who perform Their aṣṭa-kālīya-līlā, Their eternal eightfold daily pastimes?
Indeed, those who execute devotional service on the banks of Rādhā-kuṇḍa are the
most fortunate people in the universe
.
Text 11:
Of the many objects of
favored delight
and of all the lovable damsels of
Vraja-bhūmi
,
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
is certainly the most treasured object of Kṛṣṇa’s love.
And, in every respect, Her divine kuṇḍa is described by great sages as
similarly dear to Him
.
Undoubtedly Rādhā-kuṇḍa is very
rarely attained
even by the great devotees; therefore it is even more difficult for ordinary devotees to attain.
If one simply
bathes once
within those holy waters, one’s
pure love of Kṛṣṇa is fully aroused
.