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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.6.44
"O my dear Kṛṣṇa, Your pastimes are supremely auspicious for mankind and are an intoxicating beverage for the ears. Tasting such pastimes, people forget their desires for other things." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/6/44
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.7.9
"Therefore, bringing all your senses under control and thus subduing the mind, you should see the entire world as situated within the self, who is expanded everywhere, and you should also see this individual self within Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/7/9
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.7.10
"Being fully endowed with conclusive knowledge of the Vedas and having realized the ultimate purpose of such knowledge in practice, you will be able to perceive the pure self, and thus your mind will be satisfied. At that time you will become dear to all living beings, headed by the demigods, and you will never be hampered by any disturbance in life." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/7/10
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.7.12
"One who is the kind well-wisher of all living beings, who is peaceful and firmly fixed in knowledge and realization, sees Me within all things. Such a person never again falls down into the cycle of birth and death." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/7/12
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.7.29-30
"Although all people within the material world are burning in the great forest fire of lust and greed, you remain free and are not burned by that fire. You are just like an elephant who takes shelter from a forest fire by standing within the water of the Ganges River." "O brāhmaṇa, we see that you are devoid of any contact with material enjoyment and that you are traveling alone, without any companions or family members. Therefore, because we are sincerely inquiring from you, please tell us the cause of the great ecstasy that you are feeling within yourself." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/7/29 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/7/30
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.7.39
"A learned sage should take his satisfaction in the simple maintenance of his existence and should not seek satisfaction through gratifying the material senses. In other words, one should care for the material body in such a way that one’s higher knowledge is not destroyed and so that one’s speech and mind are not deviated from self-realization." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/7/39
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.7.40-41
"Even a transcendentalist is surrounded by innumerable material objects, which possess good and bad qualities. However, one who has transcended material good and evil should not become entangled even when in contact with the material objects; rather, he should act like the wind." "Although a self-realized soul may live in various material bodies while in this world, experiencing their various qualities and functions, he is never entangled, just as the wind which carries various aromas does not actually mix with them." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/7/40 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/7/41
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.7.44
"O King, a saintly person is just like water because he is free from all contamination, gentle by nature, and by speaking creates a beautiful vibration like that of flowing water. Just by seeing, touching or hearing such a saintly person, the living entity is purified, just as one is cleansed by contact with pure water. Thus a saintly person, just like a holy place, purifies all those who contact him because he always chants the glories of the Lord." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/7/44
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.7.45
"Saintly persons become powerful by execution of austerities. Their consciousness is unshakable because they do not try to enjoy anything within the material world. Such naturally liberated sages accept foodstuffs that are offered to them by destiny, and if by chance they happen to eat contaminated food, they are not affected, just like fire, which burns up contaminated substances that are offered to it." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/7/45
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.7.46
"A saintly person, just like fire, sometimes appears in a concealed form and at other times reveals himself. For the welfare of the conditioned souls who desire real happiness, a saintly person may accept the worshipable position of spiritual master, and thus like fire he burns to ashes all the past and future sinful reactions of his worshipers by mercifully accepting their offerings." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/7/46
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.7.50
"Just as the sun evaporates large quantities of water by its potent rays and later returns the water to the earth in the form of rain, similarly, a saintly person accepts all types of material objects with his material senses, and at the appropriate time, when the proper person has approached him to request them, he returns such material objects. Thus, both in accepting and giving up the objects of the senses, he is not entangled." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/7/50
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.8.4
"A saintly person should remain peaceful and materially inactive, maintaining his body without much endeavor. Even though possessed of full sensual, mental and physical strength, a saintly person should not become active for material gain but rather should always remain alert to his actual self-interest." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/8/4