Relishing the Ultimate Nectar at Every Minute

Why settle for lifestyle that is anything less than the very best? You can relish the ultimate nectar at every minute simply by connecting with Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the very source of your existence. All you have to do to connect with Him is to chant His holy names with love:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama
Rama Rama, Hare Hare

Who could have imagined that tasting unlimited bliss could be so simple?

Srila Prabhupada Chanting in San Francisco

Srila Prabhupada Chanting in San Francisco

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: What Does Devotee Association Mean?

Dear Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to you! All glories to your perfect reply!

In the 1 November 2012 "Thought for the Day" you wrote "When you associate with devotees it does not matter where you are in the material world because when you associate with devotees you are in the spiritual world." Can I know what is the definition of "association"?

Begging your mercy
Virendra

Answer: Six Kinds of Loving Exchange

Association with devotees is defined as follows by Srila Rupa Goswami in the 4th verse of the Nectar of Instruction:

dadāti pratigṛhṇāti
guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati
bhuṅkte bhojayate caiva
ṣaḍ-vidhaṁ prīti-lakṣaṇam

“Offering gifts in charity, accepting charitable gifts, revealing one's mind
in confidence, inquiring confidentially, accepting prasada (foodstuffs which have offered to the Lord) and offering prasada are the six symptoms of love shared by one devotee and another.”

If you will always engage yourself in these six kinds of loving exchange with devotees, your life will be overflowing with transcendental bliss.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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