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concluded that a person who is freed from the bodily concept of life is an eligible candidate for pure devotional service

The neophyte, or third-class devotee, is one whose faith is not strong and who, at the same time, does not recognize the decision of the revealed scripture.

attracted to glorification of the Lord’s pastimes, name, qualities, forms, etc., that the devotee does not To pure devotees, therefore, liberation and spiritual emancipation are not very important things.

And even if one is not completely detached from fruitive activities, or is not completely attached to

neophytes, the one who is wise is very dear to Him, because a wise man, if he is attached to Kṛṣṇa, is not A wise man who becomes attached to Kṛṣṇa does not want any return from Him either in the form of His

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu prayed to Kṛṣṇa, “My dear son of Nanda, I do not want any material happiness

same time one may remain very much attached to fruitive activities and material sense enjoyment and not

Thus it is not possible to actually become one with the Lord even if one aspires for this. It is simply not possible.

The second-class devotee has been defined by the following symptoms: he is not very expert in arguing

In spite of such facilities, my dear Lord, I do not aspire to achieve any such results.

The wise man is he who has thoroughly understood that he is spirit soul and not simply a body. spirit and Kṛṣṇa is the supreme spirit, he knows that his intimate relationship should be with Kṛṣṇa, not

Although such people do not desire any kind of liberation or any kind of material happiness, still I

Because he does not firmly believe in God, he thinks that he can adjust his distressed condition by totally

Devotional service and the happiness due to its execution are not possible as long as one is materially

The first-class devotee is not interested in dry speculative methods meant for wasting time.