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So these are to be practiced. Etān vegān yo viṣaheta dhīraḥ [NoI 1] = "One who has become successful in …

So you cannot understand even. Unless you become a dhīraḥ, you cannot understand what is spiritual life, what is spirit. …

So Lord Śiva was engaged in meditation after the death of his wife. In the meantime, his wife took birth …

Just like Kardama Muni. Kardama Muni was given the best, beautiful daughter of King Manu. So she was simply serving, …

So these are the examples, how to become dhīraḥ. It is not spiritual consciousness, it is not so easy thing …

Pradyumna: "The degradation of the human instinct begins from the mlecchas, and the caṇḍāla state of life is the last …

Prabhupāda: This is first-class life, satyaṁ śamo damas titikṣā ārjavaṁ jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ brahma-karma svabhāva-jam [Bg. 18.42]. And the lowest …

Pradyumna: "All the above terms mentioned in the Vedic literatures are never meant for any particular community or birth..."

Prabhupāda: It is not that because one has taken birth in the lowest class family---śvapaca, caṇḍāla, dog-eaters---it does not mean …

māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye 'pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te 'pi yānti parāṁ gatim

[Bg. 9.32]

Formerly, in the Vedic civilization, even women and śūdra and vaiśya, they were also considered amongst the pāpa-yoni, what to …

But one has to purify himself by the purificatory process. That is called saṁskāra. Saṁskārād bhaved dvijaḥ. By purificatory process, …

yeṣāṁ anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām te dvandva-moha-nirmuktā bhajante māṁ dṛḍha-vratāḥ

[Bg. 7.28]

So kṛṣṇa-bhajana is not very difficult. Simply we have to follow the four principles of sinful life = no illicit …

Thank you very much.

Devotees: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [end]

Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.]

pādair nyūnaṁ śocasi maika-pādam ātmānaṁ vā vṛṣalair bhokṣyamāṇam āho surādīn hṛta-yajña-bhāgān prajā uta svin maghavaty avarṣati