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Vaishnava Etiquette & Nectar of Devotion

Vaishnava Etiquette & Nectar of Devotion. Part 5 Etiquette within temple Characteristics of pure devotional service. Mangalacharan verse 4. nama oà viñëu-pädäya kåñëa-preñöhäya bhü-tale çrémate bhaktivedänta-svämin iti nämine namas te särasvate deve gaura-väëé-pracäriëe

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Vaishnava Etiquette & Nectar of Devotion

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  1. Vaishnava Etiquette & Nectar of Devotion Part 5 Etiquette within templeCharacteristics of pure devotional service

  2. Mangalacharan verse 4 nama oà viñëu-pädäya kåñëa-preñöhäya bhü-tale çrémate bhaktivedänta-svämin iti nämine namas te särasvate deve gaura-väëé-pracäriëe nirviçeña-çünyavädi-päçcätya-deça-täriëe SYNONYMS namaù—obeisances; oà—address; viñëu-pädäya—unto him who is at the feet of Lord Viñëu; kåñëa-preñöhäya—who is very dear to Lord Kåñëa; bhu-tale—on the earth; çrémate—all-beautiful; bhaktivedanta-svämin—A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami; iti—thus; nämine—who is named, namaù—obeisances; te—unto you; särasvate deve—servant of Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Gosvämé; gaura-väëé—the message of Lord Caitanya; pracäriëe—who are preaching, nirviçeña—(from) impersonalism; çünya-vädi—(from) voidism; päçcätya—Western; deça—countries; täriëe—who are delivering. TRANSLATION I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda, who is very dear to Lord Kåñëa on this earth, having taken shelter at His lotus feet. Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvaté Gosvämé. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.

  3. Etiquette within temple • Tilak applying :-In Kali-Yuga one can hardly acquire gold or jewelled ornaments, but the twelve tilak marks on body are sufficient as auspicious decorations to purify the body.[S.B.4.12.28 purport] • Urdhva-Pundra tilak signifies lotus feet of Vishnu – Padma Purana and Yajur Veda. • Brhmanda Purana – devotee applying tilak goes back home back to Godhead.

  4. Applying tilak in 12 places.

  5. Nectar of Devotion – Ch.1 Characteristics of devotional service are described by Rüpa Gosvämé with evidences from different scriptures. (1) Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress. (2) Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness. (3) Pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure.(4) Pure devotional service is rarely achieved.(5) Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation.(6) Pure devotional service is the only means to attract Kåñëa.

  6. Kåñëa Consciousness Is All-auspicious • Çréla Rüpa Gosvämé has given a definition of auspiciousness. He says that actual auspiciousness means welfare activities for all the people of the world. • At the present moment groups of people are engaged in welfare activities in terms of society, community or nation. • The Kåñëa consciousness movement, however, is so nice that it can render the highest benefit to the entire human race. • Everyone can be attracted by this movement, and everyone can feel the result. • Therefore, Rüpa Gosvämé and other learned scholars agree that a broad propaganda program for the Kåñëa consciousness movement of devotional service all over the world is the highest humanitarian welfare activity.

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