Ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgaḥ (CC Madhya 23.14-15). All of you who come here, it is out of śraddhā, some, what is called . . . what is the exact English word for śraddhā? Devotion, you can take. Devotion. Those who come here, that first principle is they have some regard that, "This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is nice. Let me see." So this is the beginning. Ādau śraddhā. And then sādhu-saṅgaḥ: then associate with these devotees. Then, after some time, when he's little advanced more, then he is eager to become initiated. This is third stage, as some of these students are going to be initiated today.
The initiation means bhajana-kriyā, actually executing devotional service: initiation. And if one actually executes devotional service, then anartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt, then all nonsense habits will disappear. Then I'll not have to stress on the point these four regulative principles. Automatically it will go away. That is the test. How one has properly utilized his initiation will be tested that he has no more attraction for these four principles: illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating. They will automatically go. There is no need of asking. Anartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt.
Then ruci. When one is freed from all these prohibitive principles, then he develops a taste, tato ruci. Tato niṣṭhā: then he's steadily confirmed. Tathāsaktiḥ. Then attachment: he cannot go. He cannot go. Tathāsaktis tato bhāvaḥ. Then ecstasy. Then he comes to the platform of love of Godhead. So (break) when that platform is reached, then everything is successful. And if that platform is not reached, then everything is simply waste of time. But in the beginning, if you follow these principles, as laid down by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and other ācāryas . . .
So these things, one after another, everything is very clearly explained in this Nectar of Devotion. So each chapter you should read very carefully. And if you cannot understand, read it repeatedly. Don't all of a sudden, reading one or two page, immediately question, "Prabhupāda, what is this? What is this? What is this?" Go on reading, and the answers will automatically come.