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Srimad BhagavatamReferences to text SB 11.2.42 |
SB 11.2.42: Devotion, direct experience of the Supreme Lord, and detachment from other things — these three occur simultaneously for one who has taken shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the same way that pleasure, nourishment and relief from hunger come simultaneously and increasingly, with each bite, for a person engaged in eating.
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| One has to make progress in spiritual life by not associating with persons who are simply interested in sense gratification and making money. Not only such persons, but one who associates with such persons should be avoided. One should mold his life in such a way that he cannot live in peace without drinking the nectar of the glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari. One can be thus elevated by being disgusted with the taste for sense enjoyment. Prithu Maharaja's Meeting with the Four Kumaras |
| SB 4.22.23 |
| Although one may neutralize the reactions of sinful life through austerity, charity, vows and other such methods, these pious activities cannot uproot the material desires in one’s heart. However, if one serves the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead, he is immediately freed from all such contaminations. Ajamila Delivered by the Vishnudutas |
| SB 6.2.17 |
| ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« continued: NÄrada, having become the spiritual master of Citraketu, instructed him fully in this prayer because Citraketu was fully surrendered. O King ParÄ«ká¹£it, NÄrada then left with the great sage Aá¹…girÄ for the topmost planet, known as Brahmaloka. King Citraketu Meets the Supreme Lord |
| SB 6.16.26 |
| From the very beginning of his childhood, PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja was uninterested in childish playthings. Indeed, he gave them up altogether and remained silent and dull, being fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Since his mind was always affected by Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he could not understand how the world goes on being fully absorbed in the activities of sense gratification. Hiranyakasipu Terrorizes the Universe |
| SB 7.4.37 |
| PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Viṣṇu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one’s best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words) — these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life to the service of Kṛṣṇa through these nine methods should be understood to be the most learned person, for he has acquired complete knowledge. Prahlada Maharaja, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakasipu |
| SB 7.5.23-24 |
| MahÄrÄja AmbarÄ«á¹£a gave up all attachment to household affairs, wives, children, friends and relatives, to the best of powerful elephants, to beautiful chariots, carts, horses and inexhaustible jewels, and to ornaments, garments and an inexhaustible treasury. He gave up attachment to all of them, regarding them as temporary and material. Ambarisha Maharaja Offended by Durvasa Muni |
| SB 9.4.27 |
| For those gopīs who could not go to see Kṛṣṇa, intolerable separation from their beloved caused an intense agony that burned away all impious karma. By meditating upon Him they realized His embrace, and the ecstasy they then felt exhausted their material piety. Although Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Soul, these girls simply thought of Him as their male lover and associated with Him in that intimate mood. Thus their karmic bondage was nullified and they abandoned their gross material bodies. Krishna and the Gopis Meet for the Rasa Dance |
| SB 10.29.10-11 |
| Amazed upon hearing Bhá¹›gu’s account, the sages were freed from all doubts and became convinced that Viṣṇu is the greatest Lord. From Him come peace; fearlessness; the essential principles of religion; detachment with knowledge; the eightfold powers of mystic yoga; and His glorification, which cleanses the mind of all impurities. He is known as the supreme destination for those who are peaceful and equipoised — the selfless, wise saints who have given up all violence. His most dear form is that of pure goodness, and the brÄhmaṇas are His worshipable deities. Persons of keen intellect who have attained spiritual peace worship Him without selfish motives. Krishna and Arjuna Retrieve a Brahmana's Sons |
| SB 10.89.14-17 |