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maintain general cleanliness, purify his hands with water, take bath and execute other regulative duties not

maintain general cleanliness, purify his hands with water, take bath and execute other regulative duties not

This process is not theoretical but actually purifies one’s existence by forcing one to offer respect Also, by begging one will not often eat very sumptuously. vānaprastha should never give up the purifying process of begging for his food, and ordinary people should not

In sacred forests one does not find restaurants, supermarkets, fast-food chains and so on, and thus one

A self-realized person does not try to please the mass of people, nor does he desire social prestige, Although neglecting ordinary rules and regulations, a paramahaṁsa does not ever become sinful or immoral

there is danger of his starving, he may beg from kṣatriyas, then vaiśyas, and even śūdras if they are not Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura explains that asaṅkḷptān indicates that one should not approach One must not beg alms for one’s personal maintenance from those who oppose the Supreme Lord’s devotional

However, even such preachers should strictly avoid contact with the materialistic world when not actually The injunction is that one should not deal unnecessarily with the materialistic world.

The Lord does not want this process to be abused or exploited by materialistic rascals, for the ultimate

A paramahaṁsa is not under the control of injunctions and prohibitions. Although he has to make some effort to find food for maintaining his body, he does not become joyful when he finds something, nor does he become depressed when not finding anything. The Supreme Lord Himself, although not at all subject to the Vedic orders and prohibitions, by His own

should therefore execute the regulative duties in relation to the material body by his own free will and not A self-realized soul is a servant of Lord Kṛṣṇa and not of rules and regulations. However, this verse and other similar statements in Vedic scriptures should not be ignorantly misinterpreted

By carefully understanding one’s eternal nature, one will not again be bound up in the shackles of material

/i> — and one’s strength; abhijñaḥ — understanding pragmatically; na ādadīta — should not

— on the soul; cintayet — he should concentrate; ekam — alone; abhedena — not

yaḥ — one who; tu — but; asaṁyata — having not controlled; ṣaṭ — the six; >mām — Me; ca — also; dharma-hā — ruining religious principles; avipakva — not

developing a taste for chanting and hearing the glories of the Lord (śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ), it is not

A conditioned soul who adopts only the external ornaments of tridaṇḍi-sannyāsa will not actually be able

A sage should not become happily excited when a sumptuous plate is brought to him, nor should he angrily

products; bibhṛyāt — one should tolerate; dataḥ — the teeth; na dhāvet — should not

detachment; ātma-vān — desiring spiritual perfection in life; ajijñāsita — one who has not

Such brief apparent duality of concentration upon something other than Kṛṣṇa does not change the liberated It does not constitute actual illusion, for it lacks the essential function of illusion, namely, the