Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 157
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Meditation one can successfully perform only in seclusion, but saṅkīrtana either in seclusion or in the company of many others.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 150
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If those attached to meditation on the Lord still insist that remembering is of greater importance, with their intelligence they should make the following distinction: In meditation the Lord reveals Himself fully with His particular qualities, but in remembrance the mind merely comes in contact with the Lord.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 146
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Some think that remembering, rather than chanting, is the essential means of devotional practice, the means that most effectively leads to prema, for bhakti in the form of chanting appears quickly and easily, and in only one sense, that of speech, which is not itself alive and conscious.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 143
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If you are in a hurry to see the divine world of Vaikuṇṭha, then go to Śrī Vraja-bhūmi, the place that can best award the fulfillment of all your ambitions.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 133
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You should not consider devotional service merely an activity of the body, senses, and mind. It is in fact the eternal absolute reality, manifesting itself as the most intense ecstasy, beyond the material modes.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 128
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When one engages with faith in even one of these forms of bhakti, pure love for the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa automatically arises.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 127
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Yet devotees who understand the rasas of devotional service may practice all nine forms of bhakti to easily obtain the sweetness of its diverse tastes.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 120
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Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Abashed at hearing himself praised, Lord Śiva remained silent. Then the associates of Lord Viṣṇu, who were Lord Śiva’s dearmost friends, embraced me and spoke.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 120
TRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Abashed at hearing himself praised, Lord Śiva remained silent. Then the associates of Lord Viṣṇu, who were Lord Śiva’s dearmost friends, embraced me and spoke.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 113
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Yet even here you have seen the Supreme Lord in this form because your divine guru gave you his mercy. That mercy created in you the strong desire to see Kṛṣṇa, which impelled Kṛṣṇa to reveal Himself.
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