Visnu or Krsna bhakti

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could you kindly not snip my texts like that? i wrote something quite

different than what you have preesnted here. communication is difficult

enough without you editing my texts. thank you.

 

> > there's certainly no harm in praying for entrance to vaikuntha

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> A word of caution for aspirants of entrance to Vaikuntha:

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> salokya-sarsti-samipya-

> sarupyaikatvam apy uta

> diyamanam na grhnanti

> vina mat-sevanam janah

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> "A pure devotee does not accept any kind of liberation — salokya, sarsti,

> samipya, sarupya or ekatva — even though they are offered by the Supreme

> Personality of Godhead."

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> Srimad Bhagavatam 3.29.13

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> Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura elaborates on this verse in his

> Bhakti-tattva-viveka, quoting the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.55-57):

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> atra tyajyatayaivokta muktih panca-vidhapi cet

> salokyadis tathapy atra bhaktya nati virudhyate

> sukhaisvaryottara seyam prema-sevottarety api

> salokyadir-dvidha tatra nady. sevajusam mata

> kintu premaika-madhurya-jusa ekantino harau

> naivangi kurvate jatu muktim panca-vidham api

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> Although the aforementioned five types of mukti are worthy of rejection by

> devotees, the four types of salokya, samipya, sarupya and sarsti are not

> completely adverse to bhakti.

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> According to the difference in a particular devotee's eligibility to

> receive them, these four types of mukti assume two forms:

> sva-sukha-aisvarya pradanakari (that which bestows transcendental

> happiness and opulence) and prema-seva-pradanakari (that which bestows

> loving transcendental service unto Bhagavan).

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> Those who reach the Vaikuntha planets through these four types of

> liberation obtain the fruit of transcendental happiness and opulence.

> Servitors or devotees of the Lord never accept such liberation under any

> circumstances, and the prema bhaktas or loving devotees never accept any

> one of the five varieties of mukti.

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> Therefore, within pure unalloyed devotees the desire for liberation does

> not exist. Thus to remain free from the desire for mukti is

> anyabhilasita-sunya, being devoid of any desire other than that to please

> Sri Krishna.

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> And we are taught by Lord Caitanya, prema pum-artho mahan, prema is the

> ultimate value of human life, and the only thing to be aspired for. Not

> entrance to Vaikuntha -- and indeed, not even to Vrindavan -- but

> prema-bhakti only. And any desire should be seen in this context, and in

> this context only. Entrance to Vaikuntha should be aspired only with a

> motive for the prema-seva of Narayan, and entrance to Vraja is for

> prema-seva of Radha-Syama only.