Guest guest Posted October 6, 1999 Report Share Posted October 6, 1999 On 6 Oct 1999, Madhava Gosh wrote: > I seem to recall that that one of the major reasons given for widespread book > distribution was that the reciepients were considered to have done devotional > service, even if unknowingly. > Yes, that certainly got them started on the path of devotional service and it's the samething for all types of devotional services. I think the example of electricity or fire is given that you get shocked/burned whether you know what it is or not. Lord Krsna is nondifferent from His devotional service so the devotional service purifies things, people, places, etc. However, the consciousness of the person still determines how quickly he makes progress since Srila Prabhupada says that one can become Krsna conscious even within a second or take many lifetimes. your servant, Virender http://www.krishnasoft.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 1999 Report Share Posted October 6, 1999 On 6 Oct 1999, Madhava Gosh wrote: > I seem to recall that that one of the major reasons given for widespread book > distribution was that the reciepients were considered to have done devotional > service, even if unknowingly. > Yes, that certainly got them started on the path of devotional service and it's the samething for all types of devotional services. I think the example of electricity or fire is given that you get shocked/burned whether you know what it is or not. Lord Krsna is nondifferent from His devotional service so the devotional service purifies things, people, places, etc. However, the consciousness of the person still determines how quickly he makes progress since Srila Prabhupada says that one can become Krsna conscious even within a second or take many lifetimes. your servant, Virender http://www.krishnasoft.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 1999 Report Share Posted October 6, 1999 On 6 Oct 1999, Mundita Mastaka wrote: > Prabhuji, I'm not going to respond any more to your self-contradictory > agruments > mixed with personal attacks. Please don't bother sending me it. Thank you. > I won't; you can just skip over them in the thread since you see them as self-contradictory and "attacking" to your understanding. your servant, Virender http://www.krishnasoft.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 1999 Report Share Posted October 6, 1999 On 6 Oct 1999, Mundita Mastaka wrote: > Prabhuji, I'm not going to respond any more to your self-contradictory > agruments > mixed with personal attacks. Please don't bother sending me it. Thank you. > I won't; you can just skip over them in the thread since you see them as self-contradictory and "attacking" to your understanding. your servant, Virender http://www.krishnasoft.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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