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# Nectar of Devotion Lectures Total lectures: 48 ## 1970 - [[spoken/1970/700623nd.la|The Nectar of Devotion [First Publication]]] — June 23, 1970, Los Angeles Actually, it was spoken by Lord Caitanya to Rūpa Gosvāmī ## 1972 - [[spoken/1972/721016nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion "Bhakti means devotional service"]] — October 16, 1972, Vrndavana These two brothers, at that time their name was Sākara Mallika and Dabira Khāsa - [[spoken/1972/721017nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion "You just become My devotee"]] — October 17, 1972, Vrndavana Therefore Bhāgavata says, ye 'nye 'ravindākṣa vimukta-māninaḥ - [[spoken/1972/721018nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — October 18, 1972, Vrndavana So a devotee, on account of his eyes being smeared with the ointment of love of God, he sees Kṛṣṇa twenty-four hours within his heart - [[spoken/1972/721019nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — October 19, 1972, Vrndavana This point we have discussed last night, that everyone can see God - [[spoken/1972/721020nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — October 20, 1972, Vrndavana He is contacting a particular type of the modes of material nature - [[spoken/1972/721021nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — October 21, 1972, Vrndavana They have come to South Africa to spread the word, \"Kṛṣṇa message for S - [[spoken/1972/721023nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — October 23, 1972, Vrndavana So the kaniṣṭha adhikārī, in the lower stage, he thinks that he's worshiping the Deity very nicely, he has realized Kṛṣṇa - [[spoken/1972/721024nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — October 24, 1972, Vrndavana In the pond, reservoir of water, if you drop one stone, it becomes a circle - [[spoken/1972/721026nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — October 26, 1972, Vrndavana So we can enjoy Kṛṣṇa's loving service in so many ways - [[spoken/1972/721027nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — October 27, 1972, Vrndavana Therefore the theory of merging into the existence of impersonal Brahman is to stay there for some time, again fall down - [[spoken/1972/721028nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — October 28, 1972, Vrndavana So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is propagating that to serve Kṛṣṇa - [[spoken/1972/721029nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — October 29, 1972, Vrndavana We should not manufacture in our own way, that \"This is Kṛṣṇa's activity - [[spoken/1972/721030nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — October 30, 1972, Vrndavana Because there was no other living creature, except Brahmā, in the beginning of creation, and He instructed Brahmā - [[spoken/1972/721031nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — October 31, 1972, Vrndavana He is one, but He expands Himself to innumerable forms - [[spoken/1972/721101nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 1, 1972, Vrndavana There is a verse in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: vāsudeva-parā vedā vāsudeva-paraṁ jñānaṁ vāsudeva-paraṁ gatim - [[spoken/1972/721102nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 2, 1972, Vrndavana Hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate - [[spoken/1972/721103nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 3, 1972, Vrndavana These are the immediate result of taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness - [[spoken/1972/721104nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion "Relief from Material Distress."]] — November 4, 1972, Vrndavana The, the reaction of our sinful activities we are suffering - [[spoken/1972/721105nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 5, 1972, Vrndavana This is the chain of accepting different types of bodies, one after another, according to the sinful activity - [[spoken/1972/721106nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 6, 1972, Vrndavana Śvādo 'pi sadyaḥ savanāya kalpate - [[spoken/1972/721107nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 7, 1972, Vrndavana Therefore Bhāgavata says through Śukadeva Gosvāmī that prāyaścittaṁ vimarśanam - [[spoken/1972/721108nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 8, 1972, Vrndavana A devotee can develop all the good qualities of the demigods—immediately - [[spoken/1972/721109nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 9, 1972, Vrndavana So the answer is given in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that their such kind of Brahman realization is not fact - [[spoken/1972/721110nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 10, 1972, Vrndavana Generally, a devotee is anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam [Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu1 - [[spoken/1972/721111nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 11, 1972, Vrndavana Madana, sex attraction, Cupid, and Kṛṣṇa is called Madana-mohana - [[spoken/1972/721112nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 12, 1972, Vrndavana So Nārada Muni instructed to Vyāsadeva under the verse, tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer - [[spoken/1972/721113nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 13, 1972, Vrndavana The practice means somehow or other, you fix up your mind on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, as Mahārāja Ambarīṣa did - [[spoken/1972/721114nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion]] — November 14, 1972, Vrndavana Somehow or other, if one can remember Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇa, that is success of life - [[spoken/1972/721226nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — December 26, 1972, Bombay You have to give up this bhoga dharma and tyāga dharma - [[spoken/1972/721227nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — December 27, 1972, Bombay Bhagavad-gītā, it is said, Kṛṣṇa says: mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś ca aham - [[spoken/1972/721228nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — December 28, 1972, Bombay Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt ## 1973 - [[spoken/1973/730101nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 1, 1973, Bombay Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adhaḥ - [[spoken/1973/730102nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 2, 1973, Bombay 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 - [[spoken/1973/730104nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 4, 1973, Bombay Without being Kṛṣṇa conscious, there cannot be blissful life - [[spoken/1973/730105nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 5, 1973, Bombay So varṇāśramācāravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān - [[spoken/1973/730106nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 6, 1973, Bombay There is a propensity of men, association with woman, mithunī-bhāvam etat - [[spoken/1973/730107nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 7, 1973, Bombay 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 - [[spoken/1973/730108nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 8, 1973, Bombay So, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī is first offering his respect, obeisances, to Sanātana Gosvāmī, who is his elder brother, at the same time guru - [[spoken/1973/730109nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 9, 1973, Bombay Because these Māyāvādīs, Kṛṣṇa gives them intelligence - [[spoken/1973/730110nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 10, 1973, Bombay That Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, the Sanskrit word - [[spoken/1973/730111nd.bom|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 11, 1973, Bombay Ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā - [[spoken/1973/730125nd.cal|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 25, 1973, Calcutta So, to make progress in devotional service, one cannot manufacture anything - [[spoken/1973/730127nd.cal|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 27, 1973, Calcutta Now we say simply by developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness every member in the society, human society, will be happy - [[spoken/1973/730128nd.cal|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 28, 1973, Calcutta So in this age, especially in Kali-yuga, one who does not join in the kīrtana, he's not a devotee at all - [[spoken/1973/730129nd.cal|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 29, 1973, Calcutta Three kinds of happinesses: bhoga, tyāga and bhakti, sevā - [[spoken/1973/730130nd.cal|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 30, 1973, Calcutta By chanting the mantra, Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam - [[spoken/1973/730131nd.cal|The Nectar of Devotion]] — January 31, 1973, Calcutta This Mahārāja Bharata was the son of Ṛṣabhadeva and under whose name