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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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First of all faith is required. Without faith, therefore, faithlessness is no, I mean to say, position of making further progress. Little faith must be there. That faith must be increased by further advancement. In the beginning is the faith, and then the faith becomes firm faith. Then you should make progress further, further, further—you come to the perfectional stage.
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[[Vanisource:690428 - Lecture SB 05.05.02 - Boston|690428 - Lecture SB 05.05.02 - Boston]]
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Ādau śraddhā. The process I have explained many, many times. Ādau śraddhā. Śraddhā means . . . actually, what is called śraddhā? Exact meaning? Some faith. Or some attraction. Not attraction; some faith. Just like people come here that they have little faith what is Kṛṣṇa, about Kṛṣṇa. Ādau śraddhā, that . . . If that faith is increased little more, then the association is also needed, sādhu-saṅga ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 22.83|CC Madhya 22.83]]), those who are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

This is second stage. Then he becomes initiated, follows the rules and regulation. Then all misgivings, misunderstandings, are over. Then attraction, then firm faith, then love, and that is perfection of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. There are stages.

So first stage is faith. Without faith, nobody can make progress. Just like you are going from here to New York, you are purchasing some travel ticket by aeroplane. So you must have faith that "This company will carry me to New York." Otherwise, there is no progress. If in the very beginning you have no faith—"Oh, I shall purchase ticket. What is guarantee that this plane will carry me to New York?"—it may not carry you to New York, but you have to pinch your faith in the beginning. Then you can go.

Similarly, first of all faith is required. Without faith, therefore, faithlessness is no, I mean to say, position of making further progress. Little faith must be there. That faith must be increased by further advancement. In the beginning is the faith, and then the faith becomes firm faith. Then you should make progress further, further, further—you come to the perfectional stage. (pause)

So, any other question? Hare Kṛṣṇa. Then chant Hare Kṛṣṇa—with faith. (devotees offer obeisances) (kīrtana) (end)
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