attraction = material detachmnt

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So this is the process. The more you become attached to Krsna... That is very psychological. If you become attached to something, you become detached to something else. Attachment, detachment cannot be. So more you become attached to Krsna, then more you become detached to this material world. Just like... You, you cannot by artificial means, all of a sudden, brahma satyam jagan mithya: "I take sannyasa." No. That will not be. First of all, you have to increase your attachment for Krsna. Then the sannyasa order will be durable. Otherwise you'll fall down; again you'll be attached. Punar mūsiko bhava. There are so many instances. (More...)

So both things should be performed simultaneously, parallel line, that you should take up the process how to increase your attachment for Krsna, and then automatically detachment will be there. The same example, as given by Rūpa Gosvami, that you are hungry. When you take food, that, gradually you become satisfied and your hunger is also satisfied. So when you are fully satisfied... Just like Dhruva Maharaja said, svamin krtartho 'smi varam na yace [Cc Madhya 22.42]: (More...)

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