Neophyte devotees (Lectures)
Expressions researched:
"neophyte devotee"
|"neophyte devotees"
|"devotees who are neophyte"
|"neophyte and an advanced devotee"
|"neophyte and an intermediate devotee"
|"second class and neophyte"
|"neophyte or third-class devotee"
|"neophyte fruitive devotees"
|"neophyte Vaisnava devotees"
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
So a neophyte devotee should be engaged in temple worship, but if he does not make further improvement, if he sticks to the simply temple worship, then he remains a kaniṣṭha-adhikārī, lower-standard devotee.
Lecture on BG 7.1 -- Ahmedabad, December 13, 1972: But if you actually want to know God and see God, then as Kṛṣṇa says, mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te: [Bg. 7.14] simply surrender to Kṛṣṇa and māyā will give you no more trouble. You can see Kṛṣṇa. This is the process. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogam. To... This is yoga system. It is called bhakti-yoga. Bhakti-yoga system. So a neophyte devotee should be engaged in temple worship, but if he does not make further improvement, if he sticks to the simply temple worship, then he remains a kaniṣṭha-adhikārī, lower-standard devotee. Lower-standard devotee. But one has to become first-standard devotee; at least, one must... A first-standard devotee is very high position, spiritual position. But at least, we must come to the second standard.