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There are many other sages, like Śaṅkarācārya, Gautama Muni and Nārada Muni, to whom we are indebted obliged to our forefathers because we take our birth in a particular family, where we take all advantages and Therefore, we are indebted to the forefathers and have to offer them piṇḍa (prasāda) after they are dead Similarly, to the people in general we are also indebted, as well as to our relatives, friends and even animals such as cows and dogs who render us so much service.

One still has to follow the rules and regulations very carefully. If after accepting the spiritual master and being initiated one does not follow the rules and regulations One must be very vigilant to remember that he is a part and parcel of the transcendental body of Kṛṣṇa , and that it is his duty as part and parcel to give service to the whole, or Kṛṣṇa. One also has to discharge the duties and follow the regulative principles very rigidly.

stated by Ṛṣabhadeva to His sons, “Persons engaged in fruitive activities are repeatedly accepting birth and death, and until they develop a loving feeling for Vāsudeva, there will be no question of getting out As such, any person who is very seriously engaged in his occupational duties in the varṇas and āśramas , and who does not develop love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, should be understood

the Lord says to Uddhava, “My dear Uddhava, any person who takes shelter of Me in complete surrender and understood that people who are generally attracted to philanthropic, ethical, moral, altruistic, political and From Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and other authentic Vedic scriptures we learn further that if a person simply acts in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and discharges devotional service, he is considered to be far, far better situated than all of those persons engaged in philanthropic, ethical, moral, altruistic and social welfare

twenty-first chapter, verse 2, in which Lord Kṛṣṇa says to Uddhava, “The distinction between qualification and If one sticks to devotional service and is conducted by regulative principles given by the authorities and ācāryas, that is the best qualification.”

Next, Rūpa Gosvāmī states that devotional service is transcendental to all material considerations and As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, devotional service is transcendental and has no cause. Devotional service is executed without any hope for gain, and it cannot be checked by any material circumstances It is open for all, without any distinction, and it is the constitutional occupation of the living entities

dear King, if someone gives up his occupational duties as they are prescribed for the different varṇas and perform the different kinds of activities we render to the great sages, ancestors, living entities and family and society members. He is indebted to the great sages because he profits by reading their authoritative scriptures and books quickly by hearing and not by reading.

Gosvāmī specifically mentions herein that every man has the birthright to accept devotional service and He has given many evidences from many scriptures, and he has especially quoted one passage from Padma And when they are properly dressed, with tilaka on their bodies and beads in their hands and on their

Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, fifth chapter, verse 42, Karabhājana Muni addresses King Nimi and says, “My dear King, a person who has given up the worship of the demigods and has completely concentrated Because the Lord is situated within his heart, He takes compassion for the devotee’s accidental mistake and many places that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, takes a special interest in His devotees and

immediately takes direct shelter of the lotus feet of Hari [Kṛṣṇa], there will be no fault on his part, and while executing devotional service, or if he doesn’t finish the complete course of devotional service and A person who is simply discharging his occupational duty in varṇa and āśrama, however, with no Kṛṣṇa process will never help them get out of material contamination, are awarded only with repeated births and

In this way, we are indebted to the demigods, to the forefathers, to the sages, to the animals and to But by the one stroke of devotional service, if someone gives up all obligations and simply surrenders

He simply has to execute the rules and regulations for discharging devotional service, and this is sufficient

They further claimed that the practice and spreading of devotional service belonged only to their particular There was a great hard struggle for some time, but it has turned out successfully, and it is now correctly and practically established that devotional service is not restricted to a particular class of men.

Anyone who is a pure Vaiṣṇava is situated transcendentally, and therefore the highest qualification in so-called brāhmaṇas claim that one who is not born into a brāhmaṇa family cannot receive the sacred thread and

In other words, the devotees of Lord Rāmacandra, or Kṛṣṇa, are already liberated persons and are not

These processes are called karma, jñāna and bhakti.

In Bhagavad-gītā also the Lord says, “Give up all your occupations and just become surrendered unto Me