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Lesson 27 Summary Notes, NOI, Text 2, Part 2

The document discusses the six activities that can spoil one's devotional service, including excessive eating, unnecessary talk, and associating with worldly-minded individuals. It emphasizes the importance of adhering to scriptural rules for spiritual advancement while avoiding the pitfalls of prajalpa (useless talk) and niyamagraha (neglecting rules). The principles of Krishna consciousness should guide one's actions, with rules serving as a means to achieve that objective.

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Lesson 27 Summary Notes, NOI, Text 2, Part 2

The document discusses the six activities that can spoil one's devotional service, including excessive eating, unnecessary talk, and associating with worldly-minded individuals. It emphasizes the importance of adhering to scriptural rules for spiritual advancement while avoiding the pitfalls of prajalpa (useless talk) and niyamagraha (neglecting rules). The principles of Krishna consciousness should guide one's actions, with rules serving as a means to achieve that objective.

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Meaghan

 Sloane  
3/19/14  
Bhakti  Shastri  
Module  2:  Nectar  of  Instruction  
Lesson  27,  Text  2  part  2:  Avoiding  prajalpa  and  niyamagraha  
 
 
 
atyāhāraḥ prayāsaś ca
prajalpo niyamāgrahaḥ
jana-saṅgaś ca laulyaṁ ca
ṣaḍbhir bhaktir vinaśyati

One’s devotional service is spoiled when he becomes too entangled in the following six
activities: (1) eating more than necessary or collecting more funds than required; (2) over-
endeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to obtain; (3) talking unnecessarily
about mundane subject matters; (4) practicing the scriptural rules and regulations only for
the sake of following them and not for the sake of spiritual advancement, or rejecting the
rules and regulations of the scriptures and working independently or whimsically; (5)
associating with worldly-minded persons who are not interested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness;
and (6) being greedy for mundane achievements.

 
Prajalpa:  useless  talk;  this  includes,  talking  about  material  things,  gossip,  harmful  speech,    
                                       blasphemous  speech  
 
• gossip  about  devotees  
-­‐we  must  remember  that  we  came  to  Krishna  consciousness  to  become  KCON,  not  
conscious  of  fallen  people  
• what  we  want  from  Krishna,  ISKCON,  we  will  get  
       -­‐Prabhupada:  “Don’t  be  surprised  at  who  falls,  be  surprised  at  who  stays”  
• Where  there  is  Krishna,  there  can  be  no  maya  
-­‐ I  have  to  be  clear  about  my  objective  (Krishna  consciousness)  and  discuss  
those  things  that  help  me  achieve  that  objective  
 
 
niyama-­‐āgraha:  Accepting  some  of  the  scriptural  rules  and  regulations  for  immediate          
                                                                   benefit  
 
niyama-­‐agraha:  neglecting  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  śāstras,  which  are  meant  for        
                                                                 spiritual  development  
 
           The  word  āgraha  means  “eagerness  to  accept,”  and  agraha  means  “failure  to  accept.”  By  
the  addition  of  either  of  these  two  words  to  the  word  niyama  (“rules  and  regulations”).  .  .  
Thus  niyamāgraha  has  a  twofold  meaning  that  is  understood  according  to  the  particular  
combination  of  words.  
 
  Rules  are  like  roads,  principles  are  like  a  compass.  Rules  are  the  best  way  to  follow  
the  principle.  Be  careful  not  to  mistake  preference  for  principle!  
• All  rules  are  for  one  principle  .All  roads  must  be  for  one  compass  (Direction).  
Ø Principle  is  to  be  KC.  
• One  of  the  rules  (roads)  for  following  this  principle  (compass)  is  to  chant  Hare            
                   Krishna.  
• The  principle  is  more  important  than  the  rule  
Ø Rules  can  be  adjusted/modified  with  respect  to  time,  place  and  circumstance,  as  
long  as  the  principle,  Krishna  Consciousness,  remains  fixed  

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