Time is invaluable; follow bhakti's stages systematically to reach love of Godhead through devotional service.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
The Nectar of Devotion [First Publication] — June 23, 1970, Los Angeles 700623ND-LOS ANGELES [10:02 Minutes] NOD_700623ND-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: Everything all right? Devotees: Jaya. Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. So we have published our Nectar of Devotion. So every one of you should read this Nectar of Devotion repeatedly. The whole substance of Vaiṣṇava philosophy and activities, everything is there.
So every one of you read this Nectar of Devotion once, twice, thrice. Unless you have got full-fledged ideas what is this devotional service. That was written by... Actually, it was spoken by Lord Caitanya to Rūpa Gosvāmī. For ten days continually He instructed Rūpa Gosvāmī at Prayāga, Daśāśvamedha-ghāṭa [Cc. Madhya 23.102]. You have seen the picture in TLC [Teachings of Caitanya]. Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Allahabad, Prayāga, and Rūpa Gosvāmī met Him there. He was offering obeisances flat.
You have seen that picture. So at that time Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally gave him instruction what is this cult of bhakti. So for ten days. And he took note of it, and later on he placed this book in the form of Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. That is in Sanskrit.
It will be difficult for you. Therefore I have presented a summary study, and the summary study has come to 407 pages. If we would have elaborately described each and every verse, then it would have come to at least thousand pages. So the whole substance is creamed.
You should take advantage of this. And don't indulge in much unnecessary talks. Time should be very properly utilized. Āyuṣaḥ kṣaṇa eko 'pi na labhyaḥ svarṇa-koṭibhiḥ [Cāṇakya Paṇḍita]. Value of time is so great that one moment of your life lost, it cannot be returned even in exchange of millions of dollars.
Therefore every moment should be properly utilized. Avyartha kālatvam [Cc. Madhya 23.18-19]. When one is advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, his business becomes to see, "Whether I am wasting my time?" That is one of the sign, advanced devotee.
Avyartha kālatvam. Nāma-gāne sadā ruci [Cc. Madhya 23.32]: attachment for chanting always. Prītis tad-vasati sthale [Cc. Madhya 23.18-19]: and attraction or attachment for living in the temple, vasati, where Kṛṣṇa lives.