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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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So śraddadhānāḥ, Rūpa Gosvāmī has given us the formula that if you have got little faith in . . . for understanding the Absolute Truth, Bhagavān, then ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgaḥ (CC Madhya 23.14-15), associate with sādhu. Who is sādhu? Sādhu means devotee. Kṛṣṇa says, api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk, sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ (BG 9.30). He's sādhu.
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[[Vanisource:721023 - Lecture SB 01.02.12 - Vrndavana|721023 - Lecture SB 01.02.12 - Vrndavana]]
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Māyayā apahṛta-jñānāḥ. Why this is happening? Āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 7.15 (1972)|BG 7.15]]). Because they have taken to the shelter of atheism, the philosophy of atheism: "There is no God," "Everyone is God," "I am God," "You are God." "Why you are finding out, trying to find out . . .? You are . . .

Why you are going to the temples? There is no God. God is everywhere." God is everywhere, except in the temple. They'll preach this philosophy, "God is everywhere. Why you are going to the temple?" That means God is everywhere except in the temple. That is their philosophy.

So these nonsense things are going on. Narādhama. Therefore they're narādhamas. Don't follow these narādhama. Be faithful. Try to understand those who are actually followers of God. Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 4.2 (1972)|BG 4.2]]). So you take to this line of disciplic succession from Kṛṣṇa and try to understand what is Absolute Truth, what is your relationship with you, how you can get out of the threefold miserable condition of life.

This is possible. That is called brahma-jijñāsā, tattva-jijñāsā, athāto brahma jijñāsā. The Bhāgavata also says, jīvasya tattva-jijñāsā. So this śraddadhānāḥ, if we have got little faith that . . . just like people come here with little faith. That faith is the little spark of fire. Now you have to fan it, fan it, so that fire may increase. Tat śraddadhānāḥ munayaḥ.

So śraddadhānāḥ, Rūpa Gosvāmī has given us the formula that if you have got little faith in . . . for understanding the Absolute Truth, Bhagavān, then ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgaḥ ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 23.14-15|CC Madhya 23.14-15]]), associate with sādhu. Who is sādhu? Sādhu means devotee. Kṛṣṇa says, api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk, sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 9.30|BG 9.30]]). He's sādhu.

Not a sādhu having big beard or mustaches and having red cloth, without any sense of Kṛṣṇa. He's not sādhu. Sādhu means one who is fully engaged in the service of the Lord. He's sādhu. Api cet su-durācāraḥ. Even if he's not very well behaved, su-durācāra, still he's sādhu. Why? Bhajate mām ananya-bhāk. He has no other business than to love Kṛṣṇa. This is the symptom of sādhu.

So sādhu-saṅga means ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgaḥ. Sādhu-saṅga means to associate with the devotees of Kṛṣṇa. Ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo 'tha bhajana-kriyā. Sādhu-saṅga. As soon as these boys . . . they first of all, they come out of inquisitiveness to our several centers. Gradually, they shave their head and try to understand the books and literature. They then come forward: "Swāmījī, give me initiation. Make . . . get me the sannyāsī-āśrama." Gradually they come. So ādau śraddhā tataḥ sā . . . sādhu, this is the effect of sādhu-saṅga.
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