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Prabhupāda:

vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yoga- śikṣārtham ekaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-śarīra-dhārī kṛpāmbudhir yas tam ahaṁ prapadye

[Cc. Madhya 6.254]

[”Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has descended in the form of Lord …

This verse was composed by Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. You know Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya? You have not heard?

Devotees: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Who was he? Who was Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya?

Nandarāṇī: He was a great impersonalist who was converted by Lord Caitanya to Vaiṣṇavism.

Prabhupāda: Yes. And Nandarāṇī knows better than you. [laughter] [chuckles] So girls are intelligent. Yes. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was a great …

So amongst the impersonalist school, there are many great logicians and high class scholars. But according to Vedic principles, God …

Nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo na bahunā śrutena na medhayā: "Neither by sharp brain or memory." These are good qualifications—to be …

Then what is the qualification of realizing God? Yam evaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhyaḥ [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.23]:

[The Supreme Lord is not attained by expert explanations, by vast intelligence, nor even by much hearing. He is attained …

"God can be realized only to whom He reveals." You cannot oblige God to become manifest before you because you …

Therefore our business should be, for God realization, to please Him. And that pleasing process is this devotional service. Let …

Cowherds, ordinary agriculturists, cowherds men. So their daughters. So how much education you can...? There was no education practically. In …

Because according to Vedic civilization it was not necessary that everyone should go to school. There was no necessity. Because …

Even in Vedic age, everything was memorized. There was nothing in writing. People were so sharp in brain that once …

So God-realization does not depend on material opulence. Material opulence means to take birth in high family, janma. Janma means …

[My Lord, Your Lordship can easily be approached, but only by those who are materially exhausted, because one who is …