A Vaisnava should behave in such a way as to never associate with nondevotees or materialists. One can avoid such association simply by always remembering Krsna within his heart
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"A Vaisnava should behave in such a way as to never associate with nondevotees or materialists"
|" One can avoid such association simply by always remembering Kṛṣṇa within his heart"
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
- tasmād bhārata sarvātmā bhagavān īśvaro hariḥ
- śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca smartavyaś cecchatābhayam
"O descendant of King Bharata, one who desires to be free from all miseries must hear about, glorify and also remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the Supersoul, the controller and the savior from all miseries." (SB 2.1.5) This is the summary of all the activities of a Vaiṣṇava, and the same instruction is repeated here (kṛṣṇa-smṛti vinu haya niṣphala jīvana). Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī states in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, avyartha-kālatvam: (Cc. Madhya 23.18–19) A Vaiṣṇava must be very alert not to waste even a second of his valuable lifetime. This is a symptom of a Vaiṣṇava. But association with pounds-and-shillings men, or viṣayīs, materialists who are simply interested in sense gratification, pollutes one's mind and hampers such continuous remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore advised, asat-saṅga-tyāga—ei vaiṣṇava-ācāra: a Vaiṣṇava should behave in such a way as to never associate with nondevotees or materialists (CC Madhya 22.87). One can avoid such association simply by always remembering Kṛṣṇa within his heart.
- Krsna and the Vaisnavas
- Devotees of God Should Behave in Such A Way as to Never Associate with Nondevotees or Materialists
- Association of Nondevotees of God
- One Can
- Avoid
- Simply By
- Always Remember
- Remembering Krsna
- Krsna Within Our Hearts
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila Chapter 12 Purports - The Expansions of Advaita Acarya and Gadadhara Pandita
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila Purports
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 62 Chapters, All Purports
Page Title: | A Vaisnava should behave in such a way as to never associate with nondevotees or materialists. One can avoid such association simply by always remembering Krsna within his heart |
Compiler: | Alakananda |
Created: | 14 of Jan, 2011 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=1, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 1 |