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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.27-28
"Nevertheless, until by firmly practicing devotional service to Me one has completely eliminated from his mind all contamination of material passion, one must very carefully avoid associating with the material modes, which are produced by My illusory energy." "Just as an improperly treated disease recurs and gives repeated distress to the patient, the mind that is not completely purified of its perverted tendencies will remain attached to material things and repeatedly torment the imperfect yogī." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/27 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/28
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.29
"Sometimes the progress of imperfect transcendentalists is checked by attachment to family members, disciples or others, who are sent by envious demigods for that purpose. But on the strength of their accumulated advancement, such imperfect transcendentalists will resume their practice of yoga in the next life. They will never again be trapped in the network of fruitive work." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/29
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.30
"An ordinary living entity performs material work and is transformed by the reaction to such work. Thus he is driven by various desires to continue working fruitively up to the very moment of his death. A wise person, however, having experienced his own constitutional bliss, gives up all material desires and does not engage in fruitive work." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/30
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.41-42
"By various methods, some yogīs free the body from disease and old age and keep it perpetually youthful. Thus they engage in yoga for the purpose of achieving material mystic perfections." "This mystic bodily perfection is not valued very highly by those expert in transcendental knowledge. Indeed, they consider endeavor for such perfection useless, since the soul, like a tree, is permanent, but the body, like a tree’s fruit, is subject to destruction." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/41 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/42
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.43-44
"Although the physical body may be improved by various processes of yoga, an intelligent person who has dedicated his life to Me does not place his faith in the prospect of perfecting his physical body through yoga, and in fact he gives up such procedures." "The yogī who has taken shelter of Me remains free from hankering because he experiences the happiness of the soul within. Thus while executing this process of yoga, he is never defeated by obstacles." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/43 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/44
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.2-3
"O lotus-eyed Lord, generally those yogīs who try to steady the mind experience frustration because of their inability to perfect the state of trance. Thus they weary in their attempt to bring the mind under control." "Therefore, O lotus-eyed Lord of the universe, swanlike men happily take shelter of Your lotus feet, the source of all transcendental ecstasy. But those who take pride in their accomplishments in yoga and karma fail to take shelter of You and are defeated by Your illusory energy." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/2 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/3
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.8-9
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Yes, I shall describe to you the principles of devotion to Me, by executing which a mortal human being will conquer unconquerable death." "Always remembering Me, one should perform all his duties for Me without becoming impetuous. With mind and intelligence offered to Me, one should fix his mind in attraction to My devotional service." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/8 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/9
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.12
"With a pure heart one should see Me, the Supreme Soul within all beings and also within oneself, to be both unblemished by anything material and also present everywhere, both externally and internally, just like the omnipresent sky." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/12
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.13-14
"O brilliant Uddhava, one who thus views all living entities with the idea that I am present within each of them, and who by taking shelter of this divine knowledge offers due respect to everyone, is considered actually wise. Such a man sees equally the brāhmaṇa and the outcaste, the thief and the charitable promoter of brahminical culture, the sun and the tiny sparks of fire, the gentle and the cruel." Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.13-14
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.15,17-19
"For him who constantly meditates upon My presence within all persons, the bad tendencies of rivalry, envy and abusiveness, along with false ego, are very quickly destroyed." "Until one has fully developed the ability to see Me within all living beings, one must continue to worship Me by this process with the activities of his speech, mind and body." "By such transcendental knowledge of the all-pervading Personality of Godhead, one is able to see the Absolute Truth everywhere. Freed thus from all doubts, one gives up fruitive activities." "Indeed, I consider this process — using one’s mind, words and bodily functions for realizing Me within all living beings — to be the best possible method of spiritual enlightenment." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/15 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/17 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/18 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/19
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.34
"A person who gives up all fruitive activities and offers himself entirely unto Me, eagerly desiring to render service unto Me, achieves liberation from birth and death and is promoted to the status of sharing My own opulences." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/34
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.18-19
"Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, in the beginning, during Satya-yuga, the age of truth, religion is present with all four of its legs intact and is carefully maintained by the people of that age. These four legs of powerful religion are truthfulness, mercy, austerity and charity." "The people of Satya-yuga are for the most part self-satisfied, merciful, friendly to all, peaceful, sober and tolerant. They take their pleasure from within, see all things equally and always endeavor diligently for spiritual perfection." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/18 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/19