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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 4.177-178
"Lord Kṛṣṇa has a promise from before to reciprocate with His devotees according to the way they worship Him." "“In whatever way My devotees surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Pṛthā.”" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 4.177 & 178
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 4.199-201
"The happiness of the abode of love is in the happiness of the object of that love. This is not a relationship of desire for personal gratification." "Whenever there is unselfish love, that is its style. The reservoir of love derives pleasure when the lovable object is pleased. When the pleasure of love interferes with the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the devotee becomes angry toward such ecstasy." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 4.199 & 200-201
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 4.205-206
"“Just as the celestial waters of the Ganges flow unobstructed into the ocean, so when My devotees simply hear of Me, their minds come to Me, who reside in the hearts of all." "“These are the characteristics of transcendental loving service to Puruṣottama, the Supreme Personality of Godhead: it is causeless, and it cannot be obstructed in any way." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 4.205 & 206
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 5.35
"“As through devotion to the Lord one can attain His abode, many have attained that goal by abandoning their sinful activities and absorbing their minds in the Lord through lust, envy, fear or affection.”" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 5.35
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 7.141-142
"“It is only by devotional service, beginning with hearing, that one can approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the only means to approach Him." "“By practicing this regulated devotional service under the direction of the spiritual master, certainly one awakens his dormant love of Godhead. This process is called abhidheya." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 7.141 & 142
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 7.145
"“The Supreme Lord, who is greater than the greatest, becomes submissive to even a very insignificant devotee because of his devotional service. It is the beautiful and exalted nature of devotional service that the infinite Lord becomes submissive to the infinitesimal living entity because of it. In reciprocal devotional activities with the Lord, the devotee actually enjoys the transcendental mellow of devotional service." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 7.145
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 7.146
"“One’s relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, activities in terms of that relationship, and the ultimate goal of life [to develop love of God] — these three subjects are explained in every aphorism of the Vedānta-sūtra, for they form the culmination of the entire Vedānta philosophy.”" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 7.146
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 8.17
"“By cultivating philosophical knowledge one can understand his spiritual position and thus be liberated, and by performing sacrifices and pious activities one can achieve sense gratification in a higher planetary system, but the devotional service of the Lord is so rare that even by executing hundreds and thousands of such sacrifices one cannot obtain it.”" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 8.17
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 8.58
"“In one who has unflinching devotional faith in Kṛṣṇa, all the good qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the demigods are consistently manifested. However, one who has no devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead has no good qualifications because he is engaged by mental concoction in material existence, which is the external feature of the Lord.”" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 8.58
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 12.70
"A person without Kṛṣṇa consciousness is no better than dry wood or a dead body. He is understood to be dead while living, and after death he is punishable by Yamarāja." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 12.70
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 13.123
"Anyone who attains a human body but does not take to the cult of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is baffled in his opportunity. Amṛtadhunī is a flowing river of the nectar of devotional service. If after getting a human body one drinks the water in a poison pit of material happiness instead of the water of such a river, it would be better for him not to have lived, but to have died long ago." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 13.123
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 17.75
"“By following the paths of speculative philosophical knowledge, fruitive activity or mystic yoga to control the senses, one cannot satisfy Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord. Unalloyed devotional love for Kṛṣṇa is the only cause for the Lord’s satisfaction." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 17.75