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TEXTS 25–26

satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ taj joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani śraddhā ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati

bhaktyā pumāñ jāta-virāga aindriyād dṛṣṭa-śrutān mad-racanānucintayā cittasya yatto grahaṇe yoga-yukto yatiṣyate ṛjubhir yoga-mārgaiḥ

In the association of pure devotees, discussion of the pastimes and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very …

Thus consciously engaged in devotional service in the association of devotees, a person gains distaste for sense gratification, both in …

The process of advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and devotional service is described here. The first point is that one must …

In all scriptures people are encouraged to act in a pious way so that they can enjoy sense gratification not …

Sat means “existence,” and asat means “that which does not exist,” that which is temporary. The material world is asat; …

In addition, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī in his Hari-bhakti-vilāsa recommends that one should not hear Bhagavad-gītā, the Purāṇas, the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or …

Hari-kathā, talks about Śrī Hari, or Kṛṣṇa, are amṛta, nectar. If one hears them from the right source, he attains …

catur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ su-kṛtino ’rjuna ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha

“O best among the Bhāratas [Arjuna], four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me – the distressed, the …

If we actually want to become pious and develop our devotional life, we have to associate unflinchingly with a sādhu. …

What is the goal of vedānta-darśana? Veda means “knowledge,” and anta means “ultimate.” What is that ultimate knowledge? In Bhagavad-gītā …

vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyo vedānta-kṛd veda-vid eva cāham

“By all the Vedas, I am to be known; indeed, I am the compiler of Vedānta, and I am the …

If we listen to Kṛṣṇa and understand what and who He is, we can actually understand Vedānta. If we do …

Māyā is very strong, and to begin devotional service is to declare war against māyā. Some of the devotees in …

These are the chances one takes when one becomes a human being. Kṛṣṇa is personally advising us to take up …

This is the process for understanding the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Person, the Supreme Being. In the Absolute, there are …