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That "In this age there is no other alternative for self-realization than chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, …

So we have been discussing this... Śreyaḥ sṛtiṁ bhaktim udasya te vibho kliśyanti ye kevala-bodha-labhaye [SB 10.14.4, Cc. Madhya 22.22].

Don't waste your time simply, "What is this? What is that? What is this? What is that?" Just immediately take …

So this is an opportunity. Suppose if you do something and if you are given ultimatum, the deadline, that "Within …

Therefore Bhāgavata says, bhaktim udasya. Giving up the devotional service, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, if one is foolishly simply engaged in understanding, …

If you understand Kṛṣṇa, if you understand the Supreme Absolute Truth, then there will be nothing unknown. Everything will be …

Such persons who are simply wasting time, "What is this? What is this? What is this?" their profit is simply …

[SB 10.2.32]

There is another verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Tenth Canto, Second Chapter, twenty-sixth verse [SB 10.2.26].

It is said there, ye 'nye 'ravindākṣa. God is addressed, Kṛṣṇa is addressed, as lotus-eyed. His eyes are very nice, …

So ye 'nye 'ravindākṣa vimukta-māninaḥ [SB 10.2.32]. Vimukta-māninaḥ means they are thinking that "I am now liberated. I have become …

So such persons... He aravindākṣa, "O the lotus-eyed," āruhya kṛcchreṇa, "to become one with You, they perform severe austerity." That …

According to Śaṅkara-sampradāya, everyone must take first of all sannyāsa. Sannyāsa means this renounced order of life. There is no …

So Śaṅkara-sampradāya, they perform very austere penance and principles. They take three times bath at least, three times. And no …

Supreme position means to come to the point of realization of Brahman. Impersonal realization of Brahman, that is not also …

Although they come to the almost nearer, but, anādṛtaḥ patanty adhaḥ. Anādṛta, if they have no shelter. Just like... It …

So because they have no idea that there is kingdom of God or God is person, you can reach there, …

That is actual knowledge. When he comes to the point of understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead and surrenders, "My …

And so long one does not come to this point, it is to be understood that he has no shelter. …

Śaṅkarācārya's first principle is this "Give up this material world. This is all false, nonsense. Come to the Brahman platform." …