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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.34
"“ ‘It is My vow that if one only once seriously surrenders unto Me, saying “My dear Lord, from this day I am Yours,” and prays to Me for courage, I shall immediately award courage to that person, and he will always remain safe from that time on.’" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.34
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.35
"“Due to bad association, the living entity desires material happiness, liberation or merging into the impersonal aspect of the Lord, or he engages in mystic yoga for material power. If such a person actually becomes intelligent, he takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness by engaging himself in intense devotional service to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.35
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.38
"“Kṛṣṇa says, ‘If one engages in My transcendental loving service but at the same time wants the opulence of material enjoyment, he is very, very foolish. Indeed, he is just like a person who gives up ambrosia to drink poison." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.38
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.41
"“When someone engages in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s devotional service for the satisfaction of the senses and instead acquires a taste for serving Kṛṣṇa, he gives up his material desires and willingly offers himself as an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.41
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.43
"“The conditioned souls are wandering throughout the different planets of the universe, entering various species of life. By good fortune one of these souls may somehow or other be delivered from the ocean of nescience, just as one of the many big logs in a flowing river may by chance reach the bank." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.43
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.45
"“By good fortune one becomes eligible to cross the ocean of nescience, and when one’s term of material existence decreases, one may get an opportunity to associate with pure devotees. By such association, one’s attraction to Kṛṣṇa is awakened." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.45
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.46
"“ ‘O my Lord! O infallible Supreme Person! When a person wandering throughout the universes becomes eligible for liberation from material existence, he gets an opportunity to associate with devotees. When he associates with devotees, his attraction for You is awakened. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead — the highest goal of the topmost devotees and the Lord of the universe.’" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.46
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.47
"“Kṛṣṇa is situated in everyone’s heart as the caittya-guru, the spiritual master within. When He is kind to some fortunate conditioned soul, He personally gives him lessons so he can progress in devotional service, instructing the person as the Supersoul within and the spiritual master without." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.47
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.50
"“ ‘Somehow or other, if one is attracted to talks about Me and has faith in the instructions I have set forth in the Bhagavad-gītā, and if one is neither falsely detached from material things nor very much attracted to material existence, his dormant love for Me will be awakened by devotional service.’" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.50
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.72
"“ ‘A person advanced in devotional service sees within everything the soul of souls, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Consequently he always sees the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the cause of all causes and understands that all things are situated in Him." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.72
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.76
"“ ‘In one who has unflinching devotional faith in Kṛṣṇa, all the good qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the demigods are consistently manifest. However, he who has no devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead has no good qualifications because he is engaged by mental concoction in material existence, which is the external feature of the Lord.’" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.76
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 22.78-80
"“Devotees are always merciful, humble, truthful, equal to all, faultless, magnanimous, mild and clean. They are without material possessions, and they perform welfare work for everyone. They are peaceful, surrendered to Kṛṣṇa and desireless. They are indifferent to material acquisitions and are fixed in devotional service. They completely control the six bad qualities — lust, anger, greed and so forth. They eat only as much as required, and they are not inebriated. They are respectful, grave, compassionate and without false prestige. They are friendly, poetic, expert and silent." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.78-80