Guest guest Posted February 3, 1999 Report Share Posted February 3, 1999 On 03 Feb 1999, Payonidhi Dasa wrote: ... > The point is obviously that one has to become free completly from lust and > other vices before attaining to raga marg.Srila Prabhupada talked about > slinging mud into transcendence and remaining in maya while externaly calling > oneself a Raganuga bhakta.Where there is real Bhakti there is no lust etc. Good points. You can't really practice/imitate higher stages of bhakti without going through the preliminary stages as confirmed in CC Adi 1.4.22 Purport: "Those who are spontaneously devoted to the Lord and have no aims for material gain are called attracted devotees. They are spontaneously attracted to the service of the Lord, and they follow in the footsteps of self-realized souls... Sometimes loving ecstasy transcends regulative principles; such ecstasy, however, is completely on the spiritual platform and cannot be imitated. THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLES HELP ORDINARY DEVOTEES RISE TO THE STAGE OF PERFECT LOVE OF GODHEAD." your servant, Virender http://www.krishnasoft.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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