Exclusive dedication is born from service to the devotees—

My friends may forsake me and my (traditional) teachers may denounce me, but the light of my life will always be Sri Govinda, the personification of divine ecstasy.

—Sri Kulasekhar

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-goswami Maharaja, Sri Prapanna Jivanamrtam 3.15]

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Service to the Lord’s devotee is not a trifling matter—

Some people take shelter in the path of action (karma) while others take shelter in the path of knowledge (jnan). But as far as we are concerned, we have chosen the sandals of the servants of Lord Hari as the only refuge.

– Sri Desika Acharya

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-goswami Maharaja, Sri Prapanna Jivanamrtam 3.14]

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Devotional service rendered to the devotee bestows the highest fruit –

“O Supreme Lord of all beings, O slayer of the demons Madhu and Kaitabha, this is the purpose of my life, this is my prayer, and this is Your grace – that You will remember me as Your servant, a servant of a servant of a Vaisnava, a servant of a servant of such a servant of a servant of a Vaisnava, and a servant of a servant of the servant of a servant of a Vaisnava’s servant’s servant.” – Sri Kulasekhara

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar, Sri Prapanna Jivanamrtam 3.13]

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At the lotus feet of that Sad-guru, divine relationship, practice, and objective (sambandha, abhidheya, and prayojana) are all achieved –

“Those divine practices of pure devotional service that please the Self-giving Sri Hari (who gives Himself to His devotees) will be learned by continuously serving such a Guru with full sincerity, knowing him to be one’s dearmost well-wishing friend and the supremely worshipful embodiment of Sri Hari.”  – Sri Prabuddha

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar, Sri Prapanna Jivanamrtam 3.12]

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Of all sadhu-sanga, the foremost is the service of the lotus feet of the bona fide Spiritual Master or Sad-guru –

“Thus, a person in search of the ultimate good should surrender to the Guru who knows well the Vedic scriptures (Sabda-brahman) and the Supreme Absolute Lord (Para-brahman), and for whom the mundane world holds no charm whatsoever.”

– Sri Prabuddhasya

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar, Sri Prapanna Jivanamrtam 3.11]

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