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By surrendering to the Lord and praying for His causeless mercy, the devotee can progress on the path As described in the previous mantras, the real or ultimate aspect of the Absolute is His feature as the Personality of Godhead, and His impersonal brahma-jyotir feature is a dazzling covering over His face Fruitive activities, or the karma-kāṇḍa path of self-realization, is the lowest stage in this endeavor Such vikarma is enacted by the illusioned living entity simply for sense gratification, and thus such

In the Bhagavad-gītā (6.41–42) we are assured by the Lord that the yoga-bhraṣṭas, or souls fallen from , are given a chance to rectify themselves by taking birth either in the families of good brāhmaṇas or

Purports to Śrī Īśopaniṣad, the knowledge that brings one nearer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa

There are 8,400,000 species, or forms of life, of which the human form qualified by brahminical culture Brahminical culture includes truthfulness, sense control, forbearance, simplicity, full knowledge and As soon as one becomes proud of his birth as the son of a brāhmaṇa and neglects to acquire the qualifications of a real brāhmaṇa, he at once becomes degraded and falls from the path of self-realization.

Hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord is itself an act of piety. The Lord wants everyone to hear and chant His glories because He is the well-wisher of all living entities By hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord, one becomes cleansed of all undesirable things, and of nature (passion and ignorance) completely vanish. the path of the Lord and the way to attain Him.

Vedic knowledge is transcendental and cannot be understood by mundane educational procedures. One can understand the Vedic mantras only by the grace of the Lord and the spiritual master (yasya deve Thus the spiritual master, the Vedic injunctions and the Lord Himself from within – all guide the devotee The entire process is hinted at in this mantra, and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.17–20) explains it further

A conditioned soul is very often apt to commit mistakes, and the only remedial measure to take against fully surrendered souls; thus all problems are solved simply by surrendering oneself unto the Lord and Such directions are given to the sincere devotee in two ways: one is by way of the saints, scriptures and spiritual master, and the other is by way of the Lord Himself, who resides within the heart of everyone

O my Lord, please lead me on the right path to reach You, and since You know all that I have done in

O my Lord, please lead me on the right path to reach You, and since You know all that I have done in

As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (18.66), the Lord at once takes charge of such a surrendered soul and He can make a man born in a brāhmaṇa family as degraded as a lowborn dog-eater, and He can also make