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[Cc. Ādi 9.41]

It is the duty of the brāhmaṇas. Paropakāra. And without being human being, how he can become a brāhmaṇa? Cats …

Ṣaṭ-karma-nipuṇo vipro mantra-tantra-viśāradaḥ, avaiṣṇava-gurur na sa syāt [Padma Purāṇa]. A... One who is Vaiṣṇava... Just like Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He becomes …

Vaiṣṇava is patitānām pāvana. He can deliver all the fallen souls.

So we have become crippled. Therefore we are talking this, that "This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is killing our Hindu principles." …

Nānā-śāstra-vicāraṇaika-nipuṇau sad-dharma-saṁsthāpakau lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau. These Gosvāmīs, they compiled this... Rūpa Gosvāmī compiled this Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu not for the study a few …

So it is required. We have got so much treasure house of knowledge. They should be, each and every book …

Thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa. [end]

Pradyumna: [reading:] "How Kṛṣṇa becomes attracted by the devotional service of His devotees is described by Nārada in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, …

"Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja was appreciating the qualities of Prahlāda, and that is one symptom of a pure devotee. A pure devotee …

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead has appeared on this planet and is presenting Himself to you as an ordinary human …

"In the Bhagavad-gītā, when Kṛṣṇa appeared in His universal form, Arjuna prayed, 'My dear Kṛṣṇa, I thought of You as …

"That is the proof of how great this process of devotional service is. It can attract even the Supreme Personality …

" 'The First Stages of Devotion.' The three categories of devotional service which Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī describes in Bhakti-Rasamrta-Sindhu are …

"In this connection, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī suggests that the person..., that the person eligible for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or devotional service, …

"For example, suppose in this life I practice devotional service to some extent. Even though it is not one hundred …

"Anyway, for persons who have a natural taste for understanding books like the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, devotional service is easier …

Prabhupāda: So Nārada Muni instructed to Vyāsadeva under the verse, tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer [SB 1.5.17] = "Even one takes …

So Caitanya-caritāmṛta kar, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, he says that there is difference between material lusty desire and love of God. …

Ātmendriya-prīti-vāñchā tāra nāma kāma [Cc. Ādi 4.165]. When one desires one's own sense gratification... In the material world, suppose a …