difference from other religions
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Imported quote 15769 The difference between executing ordinary religious procedures and devotional service is very great. By executing religious rituals one can achieve the stage of the perfection of material gain, economic development, sense gratification, or liberation-being merged into the existence of the Supreme. But the result of transcendental devotional service is completely different from such temporary benefits of the material condition. Devotional service of the Lord is evergreen, and it is increasingly transcendentally pleasing. Therefore, there is a gulf of difference between the result of devotional service and the result of the four goals of the religious rituals. The great spiritual energy known as Jagatdhatri, or the Superintendent of the material world, or Mahamaya, and the material executive departmental directors, the demigods, and all of the products of the external energy of the Supreme Lord, are perverted reflections of the opulence of the Supreme Lord. They are, practically, order carriers of the Supreme Lord in the material creation and its management. In the Brahma Samhita [5.44, 52, 49] it is stated that the working of the supremely powerful superintendent, Durga, is just like a shadow indication of the Supreme Lord. The sun works just like the eye of the Supreme Lord. Brahma works just as reflected light of the Supreme Lord. In this way, all these demigods, and the external energy herself, Durgadevi, and different departmental directors are servants of the Supreme Lord in the material world.
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