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śreyo hi jñānam abhyāsāj jñānād dhyānaṁ viśiṣyate dhyānāt karma-phala-tyāgas tyāgāc chāntir anantaram

If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yourself in the cultivation of knowledge. Better than knowledge, however, is …

As mentioned in the previous verses, there are two kinds of devotional service: the way of regulative principles and the …

In summary, to reach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the highest goal, there are two processes: one process is by …

adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī

santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogī yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ mayy arpita-mano-buddhir yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

One who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a …

Coming again to the point of pure devotional service, the Lord is describing the transcendental qualifications of a pure devotee …

yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate ca yaḥ harṣāmarṣa-bhayodvegair mukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ

He by whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anyone, who is equipoised in …

A few of a devotee’s qualifications are further being described. No one is put into difficulty, anxiety, fearfulness or dissatisfaction …

anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ sarvārambha-parityāgī yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

My devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from …

Money may be offered to a devotee, but he should not struggle to acquire it. If automatically, by the grace …

yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati śubhāśubha-parityāgī bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ

One who neither rejoices nor grieves, who neither laments nor desires, and who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things – …

A pure devotee is neither happy nor distressed over material gain and loss, nor is he very much anxious to …

samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ

tulya-nindā-stutir maunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit aniketaḥ sthira-matir bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ

One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and …