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One should give up all kinds of degrading association.
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Sri Jaimini said: Delighted by this most pleasing inquiry from Mother Uttara, her son, Pariksit, bowed down to her and began his reply. Tears poured from his eyes, and his bodily hairs stood on end.
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The association of great souls is rarely obtained, difficult to understand, and infallible.
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They chant His names and are full of unique love for Him. Indifferent to everything else, they want only to become servants of Sri Radha.
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One achieves bhakti by hearing and chanting about the Supreme Lord's special qualities, even while engaged in the ordinary activities of life in this world.
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They have all attained the ultimate limit of happiness, each in his own kind of ecstatic reciprocation with the Lord. But what place is destined for the exceptional devotees of the performer of the rasa dance?
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One achieves bhakti by worshiping the Lord ceaselessly.
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One achieves bhakti by giving up sense gratification and mundane association.
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The pure devotees living in Vaikuntha enjoy forever in varied ways the happiness of directly serving Sri Krsna’s lotus feet. In comparison, the nectar of liberation appears condemned.
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Standard authorities have described the methods for achieving devotional service.
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That abode, Vaikuntha, is made of concentrated ecstasy and pure consciousness. Even for liberated souls it is difficult to attain. But the Lord’s devotees who are free from selfish desires reach it at once.