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<ignore>5. DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF BHAKTI
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<p text="C">in forgetting Sri Kri<error>c</error>shna even for a second. They
understood the supreme greatness and glory of Sri
Krishna. They rejoiced in the happiness of Krishna.
Their happiness depended only on His happiness. The
exalted state of the Gopis is indescribable !</p>
<p text="C">There is no element of sacrifice in illicit love.
There is physical passion in this love. There is deep
selfishness. The love is mercenary<fix>.</fix></p>
<p text="C">In divine love the devotee sacrifices everything
unto the Lord. There is a sense of self-forgetfulness.
There is no trace of selfishness. The devotee does
does not at all care for his own happiness. He is
willing to court suffering in order to make his
Beloved happy.</p>
<p text="C">In mercenary love, there cannot be any real
happiness between the two, the lover and the beloved.
If the husband is in a dying condition, the wife takes
the bank pass book and walks to her mother's house
quietly. If the husband loses his job for some time,
the wife shows wry faces, speaks harsh words and
does not serve him properly with any love. This is
selfish love. There is no real affection from the core
of the heart. So there are always quarrels, fighting
and Asanti in the house. Husbands and wives are
not really united. There is always a tug of war.
They pull on anyhow, dragging a dreary, cheerless
existence.</p>
<p text="C" merge-next="true">Even our sisters of ill-fame show for some time
abundant love, sweet smile, and honeyed words to-
wards their customers, so long as they can extract
money. Can you call this love and real happiness?</p>
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<ignore>5. DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF BHAKTI
87</ignore>
<p text="C">in forgetting Sri Kri<error>c</error>shna even for a second. They
understood the supreme greatness and glory of Sri
Krishna. They rejoiced in the happiness of Krishna.
Their happiness depended only on His happiness. The
exalted state of the Gopis is indescribable !</p>
<p text="C">There is no element of sacrifice in illicit love.
There is physical passion in this love. There is deep
selfishness. The love is mercenary<fix>.</fix></p>
<p text="C">In divine love the devotee sacrifices everything
unto the Lord. There is a sense of self-forgetfulness.
There is no trace of selfishness. The devotee does
does not at all care for his own happiness. He is
willing to court suffering in order to make his
Beloved happy.</p>
<p text="C">In mercenary love, there cannot be any real
happiness between the two, the lover and the beloved.
If the husband is in a dying condition, the wife takes
the bank pass book and walks to her mother's house
quietly. If the husband loses his job for some time,
the wife shows wry faces, speaks harsh words and
does not serve him properly with any love. This is
selfish love. There is no real affection from the core
of the heart. So there are always quarrels, fighting
and Asanti in the house. Husbands and wives are
not really united. There is always a tug of war.
They pull on anyhow, dragging a dreary, cheerless
existence.</p>
<p text="C" merge-next="true">Even our sisters of ill-fame show for some time
abundant love, sweet smile, and honeyed words to-
wards their customers, so long as they can extract
money. Can you call this love and real happiness?</p>
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