Nectar of Devotion

Gradual Elevation in Devotional Service

📅 November 2, 1972 📍 Vrindavan ⏱ 34 min
Purify your senses from false designations and engage them wholly in Krishna's loving service.
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The Nectar of Devotion — November 2, 1972, Vṛndāvana 721102ND-VRNDAVAN [33:34 Minutes] NOD_721102ND-VRNDAVAN Pradyumna: [reading:] "So when our senses are engaged for the actual proprietor of the senses, that is called devotional service. In our conditional state, our senses are engaged in serving these bodily demands. When the same senses are engaged in executing the order of Kṛṣṇa, it is called bhakti." Prabhupāda: Hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate [Cc. Madhya 19.170].

Bhakti, it is very simple thing. Our relationship with Kṛṣṇa is natural. Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, mamaivāṁśa jīva-bhūtaḥ [Bg. 15.7]. We are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa; therefore our only duty is to serve Kṛṣṇa.

That is natural. There is no question about it. Part and parcel means helping the whole. As we have several times explained that this finger is the part and parcel of my body, so it is the duty of the finger always serve the body, whole body.

It has no other occupation. As soon as I desire, "Finger, you come to this place," immediately it comes. "Finger, you come to this place," immediately it comes. So we can study. What is the meaning of part and parcel?

Part and parcel means to serve the whole. Kṛṣṇa is the Absolute Truth. We are relative truth. Therefore it is our duty to serve Kṛṣṇa.

That is our natural position. But at the present moment, we are engaging our senses, ourself, in designation. I am thinking, "I am American," I am thinking, "I am Hindu," I am thinking, "I am brāhmaṇa" or "I am sannyāsī." So many designation. Caitanya Mahāprabhu presented Himself how to become designationless, sarvopādhi-vinirmuktam [Cc. Madhya 19.170].

He said, "I am not a brāhmaṇa. I am not a śūdra. I am not a kṣatriya. I am not a brahmacārī." He denied.

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