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<h3>1973 Correspondence</h3>
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So to become the friend and the devotee of Krishna, that is required. Just become the pet dog, that is surrender.
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[[Vanisource:730104 - Letter to George written from Bombay|730104 - Letter to George written from Bombay]]
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manmana bhava mad-bhaktomad-yaji mam namaskurumam evaisyasi satyam tepratijane priyo'si me   ([[Vanisource:BG 18.65 (1972)|BG 18.65]])

"Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend." So to become the friend and the devotee of Krishna, that is required. Just become the pet dog, that is surrender.

What is that friendship? At the end of 12th Chapter of Gita Krishna describes that the person "who is very dear to Him, or His best friend, is one who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, who is always satisfied and engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and intelligence are in agreement with Me . . . He for whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anxiety, who is steady in happiness and distress...A devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and who does not strive for some result...One who neither grasps pleasure or grief, who neither laments nor desires, and who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things...One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contamination, always silent and satisfied with anything who doesn't care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and engaged in devotional service..." such person is described by Krishna as "very dear to Me."
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