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Prabhupāda:

na sādhayati māṁ yogaḥ na sāṅkhyaṁ dharma uddhava na svādhyāyas tapas tyāgaḥ yathā bhaktir mamorjitā

[Cc Madhya 20.137]

[The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, said: ’My dear Uddhava, neither through aṣṭāṅga-yoga [the mystic yoga system to control the …

So if you want God, Kṛṣṇa, then there is no other way except this devotional service. Neither yoga, neither philosophical …

So Lord Caitanya, I mean to say, giving evidence from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam... He is giving:

bhaktyāham ekayā grāhyaḥ śraddhayātmā priyaḥ sataṁ bhaktiḥ punāti man-niṣṭhā śva-pākān api sambhavāt

[Cc Madhya 20.138]

[Being very dear to the devotees and sādhus, I am attained through unflinching faith and devotional service. This bhakti-yoga system, …

There is another verse in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The Lord says... The same chapter in which Lord Kṛṣṇa instructed Uddhava... Uddhava …

So the Lord says to Uddhava, bhaktyā aham ekayā grāhyaḥ. Ekayā: simply by devotional service, one, this one method... God …

The foolish person says that "Whatever path you may adopt, you will go to God." There are certain rascals, they …

[One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness …

So you... Impersonal conception of Godhead, localized conception of Godhead or universal form of Godhead, pantheism, monism—they are not perfect. …

Bhaktyāham ekayā grāhyaḥ śraddhayātmā priyaḥ satām. Śraddhā ātmā priyaḥ satām. That bhakti, that process of devotional service, is very dear …

When I become order-supplier to God, that is my perfection. And so long I keep God as my order-supplier, that …

[The Supreme Lord is eternal and the living beings are eternal. The Supreme Lord is cognizant and the living beings …

But that is not ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is that you should supply God. God will be dependent on …

Just like Yaśodāmayī. Yaśodāmayī, he [she] was so advanced in devotion that God became dependent on her. God appeared as …

It is said in the śāstra that "When My devotee thinks Me dependent on him, oh, I like that. I …