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Imported quote 13188 The description of this verse fully indicates that only devotees are eligible to enter into the kingdom of Godhead. The first point stated is that devotees are peaceful, for they have no demands for their personal sense gratification. They are simply dedicated to the service of the Lord. Karmis cannot be peaceful because they have immense demands for sense gratification. As for jnanis, they cannot be peaceful because they are too busy trying to attain liberation or merge into the existence of the Supreme. Similarly, yogis are also restless to get mystic power. But a devotee is peaceful because he is fully surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thinks of himself as completely helpless; just as a child feels complete peace in depending on the parent, so a devotee is completely peaceful, for he depends on the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
(More...) Imported quote 13975 This material world is often described as an ocean of nescience. In such an ocean, everything is agitated. The mind of a great devotee is also like an ocean or a very large lake, but there is no agitation. As stated in Bhagavad-gita: vyavasayatmika buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana (Bg. 2.41). Those who are fixed in the service of the Lord are not agitated by anything. It is also stated in Bhagavad-gita: yasmin sthito na duḥkhena gurunapi vicalyate (Bg. 6.22). Even if he suffers some reversals in life, a devotee is never agitated. Therefore whoever takes shelter of a great soul or a great devotee becomes pacified. In the Caitanya-caritamrta it is stated: krsna-bhakta-niskama, ataeva 'santa' (Cc. Madhya19.149). A devotee of Lord Krsna is always peaceful because he has no desire, whereas the yogis, karmis and jnanis have so many desires to fulfill. One may argue that the devotees have desires, for they wish to go home, back to Godhead, but such a desire does not agitate the mind. Although he wishes to go back to Godhead, a devotee is satisfied in any condition of life. Consequently the word mahan-manaḥ is used in this verse to indicate that the reservoir of water was as calm and quiet as the mind of a great devotee.
(More...) Imported quote 18990 Krsna-bhakta, one who is fully Krsna conscious, he is santa. He is fully confident. Krsna consciousness, or God consciousness, he is fully confident that Krsna..., "I have surrendered to Krsna. I have taken shelter of Krsna, and He has promised, aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami [Bg 18.66]. Then where is the cause of my anxiety?" Therefore he can become... He has understood Krsna, the Supreme Personality, almighty, all-powerful, full of all opulences. "So if He has taken my charge, then where is my anxiety?" That is santi. That is santi. And so long we are taking shelter of maya, asat, which will not stay... Suppose we are taking shelter..., child is taking shelter of the father, mother, or the citizens is taking shelter of the state, of the government. So one has to take shelter of something else for protection, for security. But they are not actually security. Therefore we are always full of anxiety. You may be a citizen of a great state like United States of America, but you are not without any anxiety because that shelter is not sufficient. That will not stay. Just like recently in America they had to dethrone Mr. Nixon because they were not free from anxiety.
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