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<h3>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures</h3>
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When one surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa, that is the beginning of his real life. And as he makes progress, then he realizes—I have several times discussed this point—ādau śraddhā (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.4.15–16).
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[[Vanisource:661207 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.137-142 - New York|661207 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.137-142 - New York]]
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The material taste means we want to gratify senses in so many ways, and the supermost point is sex life. So as soon as you get into touch with Kṛṣṇa and you develop Kṛṣṇa love, all this nonsense finished. Then you are liberated. And so long you are attached even to a pinch of material taste, there is no question of liberation from material miseries; you have to continue this transmigration from one body to another, and body means material miseries.

The material body means material misery. You may get the body of a king or you may get the body of Brahmā or Indra, Candra or the ant or the insignificant animal—any body, any material body, that is meant for miseries, miseries, tāpa-traya, threefold, threefold material miseries, and, besides that threefold miseries, ultimately birth, death, old age and diseases.

So to develop love of Kṛṣṇa means that is real liberation. And that love of Kṛṣṇa begins after many, many births of cultural life. Bahūnāṁ janmanām ante, vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19 (1972)|BG 7.19]]).

When one surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa, that is the beginning of his real life. And as he makes progress, then he realizes—I have several times discussed this point—ādau śraddhā (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.4.15–16).

First thing is that "I must get myself out of this material contamination." That is called śraddhā. "In this very life I shall realize." So this śraddhā, this belief and this determination, as you make more and more perfect, you make advance. You make advance. Not as official, not as makeshow, but really.

Ādau śraddhā tato sādhu-saṅgaḥ. Then, as you are determined, so your taste for associating with devotees . . . just like we are now associating with Lord Kṛṣṇa's . . . Lord Caitanya's teaching. He is a great devotee. This is called sādhu-saṅga ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 22.83|CC Madhya 22.83]]).

Ādau śraddhā tato sādhu-saṅga tathā bhajana-kriyā. Then bhajana-kriyā, how to execute. Now Caitanya Mahāprabhu is teaching. You will gradually know what is the bhajana-kriyā, how to execute devotional service. That we shall come later on.

Tato anartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt. And as soon as your devotional service, prescribed duties, are discharged, you become free from all material contamination. That is the test. Tato anartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt tato niṣṭhā. Then you become firmly convinced convinced, firmly convinced. Tato niṣṭhā tato ruci. Then taste. Tathāsakti: then you cannot give it up; at any circumstances cannot give it up. Tathāsakti tato bhāvas: then you become fully in samādhi, in trance. Sādhakānām ayaṁ premṇaḥ prādur (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.4.16). This is the . . . these are the steps of attaining love of God.

Love of God is not that you can immediately go and purchase from the market, in the store. You have to practice it. The love is there within you. It is not artificial, neither an imposition by some person or . . . no. It is already there. If you kindly become submissively hearing this, by hearing only, and if you practice, it will be very nice, and quickly we shall develop.
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