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The real qualification is that how much one is engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, in the service of the Lord. That is the qualification. Otherwise, if I am in renounced, I am naked, I eat, only eat fruit, and I live within jungle, and I have got many lady monkeys with me, oh, what sort of renouncement that is? That is not... That is called "monkey renouncement."
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[[Vanisource:660826 - Lecture BG 05.03-7 - New York|660826 - Lecture BG 05.03-7 - New York]]
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Now, what do you mean by renunciation? Suppose I am in the renounced order of life. What I have renounced? Oh, you are . . . you have got clothing; I have got also clothing. It may be less costly. Or you are living in some room; oh, I am also living in some room. So what is the difference between you and me? Renunciation. Suppose a mendicant becomes . . . he has renounced everything. In India you'll find, simply a loincloth he's wearing, even naked body. Sometimes, they are naked.

So Rūpa Gosvāmī says that the monkey, monkey is completely naked, and he eats fruit. ''Markaṭa-vairāgya'' ([[vanisource:CC Madhya 16.238|CC Madhya 16.238]]). ''Markaṭa-vairāgya'' . . . mendicantism just like the monkey. He is . . . he is living in a jungle. Suppose a sage or saintly person goes to the jungle. So monkey is there in the jungle. Oh, he has renounced.

He has no clothing. He's naked. And he eats also only fruits. Just like the sages also eat only fruit. So these are not qualification, simply eating fruit or renouncing. The real qualification is that how much one is engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, in the service of the Lord. That is the qualification. Otherwise, if I am in renounced, I am naked, I eat . . . only eat fruit, and I live in jungle, and I have got many lady monkeys with me, oh, what sort of renouncement that is? That is not . . . that is called "monkey renouncement."

So we don't want monkey renouncement, we want real renouncement. We don't use anything for my personal comfort, everything for Kṛṣṇa. That is called renouncement—not a single farthing for my personal comfort, but millions of dollars for Kṛṣṇa. ''Bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram'' ([[vanisource:BG 5.29 (1972)|BG 5.29]]). He is the only enjoyer. So this is called renouncement. Anyone who has renounced everything . . .
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