Dau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu, that faith, first-class faith means. As it is stated in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta: kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya (CC Madhya 22.62). Kṛṣṇa says that:
- sarva-dharmān parityajya
- mām ekaṁśaraṇaṁ vraja
- (BG 18.66)
And one who takes the statement very seriously, "Yes, if I surrender to Kṛṣṇa, if I render service to Kṛṣṇa, then all other things will be automatically done. All other things means there are many other methods, religious methods, philosophical methods, yogic methods. Or any other methods, kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya. If one simply develops, develops Kṛṣṇa consciousness then he is first-class yogī, he is first-class karmī, he is first-class jñānī, he is first-class devotee, everything first-class. So to become a first-class devotee—faith is the basic principle.
- bhavatām api bhūyān me
- yadi śraddadhate vacaḥ
- vaiśāradī dhīḥśraddhātaḥ
- strī-bālānāṁ ca me yathā
- (SB 7.7.17)
It doesn't matter whether one is a boy, whether one is woman or a śūdra or a demon or atheist, if with faith one receives. That faith, just like Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is canvassing Himself the Supreme Personality of Godhead that, "I am the Supreme." But we can not understand Kṛṣṇa because we have no faith. It is a fact, the śastra says: "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." The great sages say that, "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." The ācārya says, "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Arjuna who heard directly from Kṛṣṇa, he says: "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." And our Guru Mahārāja says that, "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." But still we do not accept Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Why? Because there is no faith. Everyone says: "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead," but we do not believe.
We have to understand through so many ways or we may not understand because we have no faith. Therefore faith is the, required. It is not blind faith. Why blind faith? So many authorities speaking about Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Why I should not accept? It is not blind. It is faithlessness, simply faithless. Nothing more. Why they should say that blindly following? We are not blindly following. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness, it is not a blind faith, it is based on reason, it is based on argument, it is based on philosophy, it is based on authority. So the faith required. If I purposely draw my faith without any reason, without any philosophy, then I am unfortunate.