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IF
THE OFFENSE IS VERY SERIOUS,
THEN
ONE'S ATTACHMENT
BECOMES
ALMOST NIL
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As attachment
can be invoked by the association of pure devotees, so attachment
can also be extinguished by offenses committed at the lotus feet of
pure devotees. To be more clear, by the association of pure devotees
attachment for Krsna can be aroused, but if one commits offenses at
the lotus feet of a devotee, one's shadow attachment or para
attachment can be extinguished. This extinguishing is like the
waning of the full moon, which gradually decreases and at last
becomes dark. One should therefore be very careful while associating
with pure devotees to guard against committing an offense at their
lotus feet.
Transcendental attachment, either shadow or para, can be nullified by different degrees of offenses at the lotus feet of pure devotees. If the offense is very serious, then one's attachment becomes almost nil, and if the offense is not very serious, one's attachment can become second class or third class.
(N.O.D.
Chapter 18)
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