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One who is aware of real religious life must abandon the five branches of irreligion as irreligious

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"One who is aware of real religious life must abandon these five as irreligious"

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 7

One who is aware of real religious life must abandon these five as irreligious.
SB 7.15.12, Translation and Purport:

There are five branches of irreligion, appropriately known as irreligion (vidharma), religious principles for which one is unfit (para-dharma), pretentious religion (ābhāsa), analogical religion (upadharma) and cheating religion (chala-dharma). One who is aware of real religious life must abandon these five as irreligious.

Any religious principles opposed to the principle of surrendering to the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, are to be considered religious principles of irregularity or cheating, and one who is actually interested in religion must give them up. One should simply follow the instructions of Kṛṣṇa and surrender unto Him. To do this, of course, one needs very good intelligence, which may be awakened after many, many births through good association with devotees and the practice of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Everything but the principle of religion recommended by Kṛṣṇa-sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66)—should be given up as irreligion.

Page Title:One who is aware of real religious life must abandon the five branches of irreligion as irreligious
Compiler:Visnu Murti, Rishab
Created:11 of Dec, 2008
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1