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In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me.”

position and is in the renounced order of life, detached from material attraction, then, by pure devotional service

The madhyama-adhikārī is not only interested in the Deity, but he can also discern between devotees and He can also understand that this man is innocent and that this man is not. The innocent do not know what is to be done, and they do not know anything about God. They are not actually offenders, but there are others who are offenders.

The advanced devotee does not see living entities as moving and not moving. He sees Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Bhagavān is not alone. He is not only localized, but is everywhere. It is not that because Kṛṣṇa is in one place He cannot be in others. Kṛṣṇa is not like this. Goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūtaḥ. There is not only one universe, but there are many millions, and they are all working very nicely because We should not think that all these planets are floating in space without any arrangement having been

It is not possible for us to go to that para-vyoma by material means. If He does not come personally, He sends His devotee, or He leaves behind Him Bhagavad-gītā. However, we are so foolish that we do not take advantage of them. We do not take advantage of His devotee, who hankers to give this knowledge, sacrificing everything.

God knows everything, but we do not know what is God. That is our position. Our position is not knowing. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati (Bhagavad-gītā 18.61). (Bhagavad-gītā 15.15) The Supreme Lord refers not only to the hearts of human beings but to those of

In addition, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī in his Hari-bhakti-vilāsa recommends that one should not hear Bhagavad-gītā , the Purāṇas, the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or any hari-kathā from anyone who is not a Vaiṣṇava in his actions That means that we should not hear these Vedic literatures from the Māyāvādīs, who actually do not accept How can one not accept Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Lord and yet dare to speak on Bhagavad-gītā?

It is not that one should accept just any person as a guru. It is not that one thinks, “I do not care for my guru’s order. Still I am a disciple.” That is not actually accepting a guru. Of course, it has become a fashion to accept a guru in this way, but this will not help anyone.

One does not approach the spiritual master with a challenging spirit. It is not that one considers himself superior to the guru. One must first find a guru to whom one can surrender, and if this is not possible, one shouldn’t waste

The liberated stage is not final. If we simply understand that we are not the body, that we are spirit soul, our knowledge is insufficient

Presently we consider death compulsory, but actually it is not. One may be put into prison, but actually prison is not compulsory. It is not compulsory for everyone to go to jail.

Is there anyone who has not tasted water? He also says, “I am the light of the sun.” Is there anyone who has not seen sunshine? Then why are people saying, “I have not seen God”?

If we simply take shelter of Kṛṣṇa, we do not have to offer sacrifices to various demigods. If we water the root of a tree, we do not have to water the branches, twigs, flowers or fruits. If we supply food to the stomach, we do not have to feed the eyes, hands and legs separately.

It is very difficult for me to understand the Absolute Truth because my intelligence is not very great But if You will kindly explain it to me, even though I am not very intelligent, I can understand it and

“Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of Since the all-perfect persons are inhabitants of the transcendental abode, they do not derive any pleasure

This Kṛṣṇa consciousness philosophy is very easy because we do not manufacture ideas. His representative does not say anything which Kṛṣṇa Himself does not say.

Similarly, a policeman knows that he is not working independently but under government orders. This knowledge is required in order that the policeman, who has some power, will not think that he has No, God is not so cheap. God has multienergies, and one of these energies is Durgā. It is not that there are a million Gods. One who does not know God as He is considers the demigods to be supreme.

We want to exist, and we do not want to die. There are so many miseries in material life that we do not want, but they are forced upon us. Unfortunately, we are not intelligent enough to make a solution to all these problems. We are experiencing the difficulties arising from this material body, but we are not working in a way

“Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me, who