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"A devotee"---of course, that is the beginning---"who is carrying the arca, Deity worship, very nicely," arcāyām haraye yaḥ pūjāṁ śraddhayā, …

So one has to make advance. What is that advance? That advance is... What is that verse? The four kinds …

Preaching means he must be conscious, very..., Kṛṣṇa conscious, advanced. Kṛṣṇa conscious means that he's a lover of Kṛṣṇa. Iśvare …

His first was... Kaumāram... Bhakta? I forget now. My memory is becoming old. [laughs] So, kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān …

So this is the... People do not know what is devotional service. Devotional service means... Just like Kuntī was praying, …

So the..., one of the most important śloka is,

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

[Cc. Madhya 6.254]

Who is this Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu? He immediately recognized, "He is Kṛṣṇa." He is Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa, as the Supreme …

So we give up this association---unless we take Kṛṣṇa's association there will be no ānanda; it is simply zero. In …

In another place it is said,

vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ... janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam

[SB 1.2.7]

Vairāgya or jñāna, these two things required in human life = to become unattached to this material world and, based …

So Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja was thinking---it is natural---that on account of his position to become the emperor of the world, suhṛdāṁ …

Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja. Prahlāda Mahārāja was standing, and his father was being killed. Is it a very good thing? …

So he knew that "What is this of asking for this material...? My father is not this body, but he …

janma karma me divyaṁ yo jānāti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti...

[Bg. 4.9]

You can save your son, your disciple, your relative or anyone whom you love, real affection, then give him Kṛṣṇa …