What is jnana kanda

Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter Category : Essential Subjects. Bhakti-yoga is the highest quality of perfection to be achieved by the intelligent person in lieu of performing a large quantity of spiritual activities.

What is the purpose of philosophical speculation on the subject of the Absolute Truth? There are three divisions of the Vedas. Devotees Are Not Devotees Are Devotees Can Devotees Cannot Devotee Do Not Devotees Never Devotees Should But if you become stuck up with the process only, you do not make progress, then it does not lead to the same goal.

Just like one staircase going to the fourth floor. So you cross, say, twenty-five steps. You are in a certain position. If you cross fifty steps, you are in a certain position. If you cross sixty steps In this way, the final may be hundred steps. So unless you go to the hundredth step, the final position is not attained, although it is leading to the same goal. Therefore we have to make progress. Just like even if I do not like to kill any animal, still, while walking we are killing many animals, many ants on the street, unwillingly.

So that is also taken into account. You cannot kill even an ant. Even if we want to act very piously, the danger is not over. There were many instances.

There was one king. So there was some mistake. The owner wanted, "I want this cow returned back. You settle up. If there is little discrepancy then there is great risk. So that is also risky.

Because this material life means contamination of the three modes of material nature. Either you are on the goodness or in the passion or in ignorance, there is chance of falling down from one platform to another, so long you are on the material platform.

But if you remain on the spiritual platform Just like we are trying to keep you on the spiritual platform. That is bhakti-yoga—always engaged in devotional service. Then you are above all these material qualities. I do some sacrifices, I become elevated to the heavenly planet, and I enjoy life. Must be pure devotee. What is that? Simply to carry out. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.

Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear. Pure devotional service can be understood and attained only through the association of pure devotees.

What, then, is the use of fruitive activities, which are naturally painful from the very beginning and transient by nature, if they are not utilized for the devotional service of the Lord? Category Names. Page Titles. Synonyms - English.