Recognition
Everyone doesn’t have to be recognized in terms of accomplishment, recognition, position, name, fame, adoration, and say, ‘I want to become big shot’.
Hankering
Devotees will never hanker for anything; they simply hanker for service to Krishna.
Demon & Devotee
Devotee dedicates his life for satisfaction of the Lord and serves, but the Asura challenges the authority of the Lord.
Spontaneous
We are doing vaidi-bhakti. But doing so, one time it becomes spontaneous. Like eating something again and again. One day not getting it, you feel something is missing. That is spontaneous.
Characteristics
1. Devotional life is dynamic, not static.
2. Spiritual life is not a voxpopuli or democracy. It’s not necessary that what majority say must be right. Spiritual life is a completely different thing.
Ingredients
Get up early in the morning. Attend mangala-arati. Follow four regulative principles nicely. Assosiate with devotees. Listen lectures thoughtfully. Do service. This is what devotional life is.
Developing Spiritual Greed
Prabhupada says, “You may not have adhikara in 10th canto, but still you can go through, so that you can have ‘lobha’ that he was in that stage, when the day will come that i become like this little, and what to do for that! Krishna will give you intelligence.
Krishna is the centre of Attraction
This Vaishnava, Vaishnavi is just a dress, even though we understand it is present in the spiritual world but the actual attraction is Krishna. Mother Yashoda is not as much attached to Nanda maharaja as much she is attached to Krishna. Same is true for Nanda Maharaja also. We should know this. Whether one is a vana-prastha, sanyasi, grihastha, main attraction is Krishna.
Following in the footsteps
We don’t have to imitate our previous acharya’s. We just have to follow in their footprints. If we can become the grain of dust of the Six Goswamis and previous Acharyas, then our life will become successful.
Pay the price
One has to pay the price. You cannot get something very cheaply. If you pay cheap, you will get cheap.