Guest guest Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 > Please accept my humble obeisances. > All glories to Srila Prabhupada. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > No other condition, such as becoming a br€hmaŠa. a learned scholar, > a very rich man or a great philosopher, can induce KŠa to accept > some offering. Without the basic principle of bhakti, nothing can > induce the Lord to agree to accept anything from anyone. Bhakti is > never causal. The process is eternal. It is direct action in service > to the absolute whole. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Literally translated in Dutch "Bhakti is never causal" means that > bhakti is never the cause of anything or "never carries the cause of > anything within itself." > > The German translation has: "Bhakti ist niemals von auseren Ursachen > abhangig," i.e., "Bhakti is never dependent on external causes." Can > I use that, too? I suppose so. What is meant is discussed in Cc (Madhya 22.17) and the subsequent verses: krsna-bhakti haya abhidheya-pradhana bhakti-mukha-niriksaka karma-yoga-jivana "Devotional service to Krsna is the chief function of the living entity. There are different methods for the liberation of the conditioned soul—karma, jnana, yoga and bhakti—but all are dependent on bhakti." Hare Krsna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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