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Arjuna, for example, became a dhīra by submissively hearing from Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead Thus the perfect disciple must be like Arjuna, and the spiritual master must be as good as the Lord Himself

(15) One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings

(18) One should become a scientist or philosopher and conduct research into spiritual knowledge, recognizing

(16) One should become an unalloyed devotee of the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and serve Him with

should not become a source of anxiety to others by the actions of his body, by the thoughts of his mind, or

There are innumerable suns and innumerable planetary systems also. As infinitesimal parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, we small creatures are trying to dominate these Thus we take repeated birth and death and are generally frustrated by old age and disease. Yet for this purpose each and every nation has become a source of anxiety for others. More than fifty percent of a nation’s energy is devoted to defense measures and thus spoiled.

(17) One should develop a liking for residence in a secluded place with a calm and quiet atmosphere favorable for spiritual culture, and one should avoid congested places where nondevotees congregate.

out a bona fide spiritual master who can lead him gradually to the stage of spiritual realization, and one must submit himself to such a spiritual master, render him service and ask relevant questions.

(2) One should not pose himself as a religionist simply for name and fame.

(1) One should become a perfect gentleman and learn to give proper respect to others.

(14) One should not be more attached to wife, children and home than the revealed scriptures ordain.

The material body and mind are bad bargains for the spiritual living entity. Actually it is the living souls, the parts and parcels of the supreme living being, who move the world The dhīras have come to know all these facts by hearing them from superior authorities and have realized

The wise have explained that one result is derived from the culture of knowledge and that a different

The wise have explained that one result is derived from the culture of knowledge and that a different

In the modern society, even a boy thinks himself self-sufficient and pays no respect to elderly men. Religious principles are taught for the sake of name and fame only and not for the sake of practical Thus there is animosity not only in social and political fields but in the field of religion as well.

Modern politicians who pose themselves as dhīras are actually adhīras, and one cannot expect perfect They are simply busy seeing to their own remuneration in dollars and cents.

Śrī Īśopaniṣad warns us of this faulty type of education, and the Bhagavad-gītā gives instructions as A dhīra realizes that the material body and mind he has acquired by chance through material association

that as long as he has a material body he must face the miseries of repeated birth, old age, disease and

maintained that all forms of material knowledge are merely external features of the illusory energy and