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ples must be followed even by the pure devotee. But when he realizes
his actual position in relationship with the Lord, he can, along with
the discharging of regulative service, think within himself of the Lord,
under the guidance of a particular associate of the Lord, and develop
his transcendental sentiments in following that associate.

In this connection, we should be careful about the so-called
siddha-pranai. The siddha-pranai process is followed by a class of
men who are not very authorized and who have manufactured their
own way of devotional service. They imagine that they have become
associates of the Lord simply by thinking of themselves like that.
This external behavior is not at all according to the regulative princi-
ples. The so-called siddha-pranai process is followed by the prakrta
sahajiya, a pseudo-sect of so-called Vaisnavas. In the opinion of Ripa
Gosvami, such activities are simply disturbances to the standard way
of devotional service.

Sri Ripa Gosvami says that learned dcaryas recommended that we
follow the regulative principles even after the development of spon-
taneous love for Krsna. According to the regulative principles, there
are nine departmental activities, as described above, and one should
specifically engage himself in the type of devotional service for which
he has a natural aptitude. For example, one person may have a par-
ticular interest in hearing, another may have a particular interest in
chanting, and another may have a particular interest in serving in the
temple. So these, or any of the other six different types of devo-
tional service (remembering, serving, praying, engaging in some par-
ticular service, being in a friendly relationship or offering everything
in one’s possession) should be executed in full earnestness. In this
way everyone should act according to his particular taste.

Conjugal Love

Devotional service following in the footsteps of the gopis of
Vrndavana or the queeris at Dvaraka is called devotional service in
conjugal love. This devotional service in conjugal love can be divided
into two categories. One is indirect conjugal love, the other direct. In
