He who, full of faith in this imperishable way of devotional service, commits himself entirely, making Me the supreme goal, this one is infinitely dear to Me.

For the learned and self-righteous philosophers -realized, I am the only object of adoration, the desired goal of life, the means to achieve this goal and the final conclusion of all knowledge. Indeed, because I am the cause of their happiness and their absence of unhappiness, such learned souls have no other purpose or dear object in life than Me. Those who have achieved complete perfection through realized philosophical knowledge recognize My lotus-like feet as the supreme transcendent object. So the transcendentalist scholar is dearest to Me, and by his perfect knowledge he maintains himself in happiness.

This perfection which is produced by a small fraction of spiritual knowledge cannot be reproduced by performing austerities, visiting holy places, singing silent prayers, giving charity or giving charity. 'engaging in other pious activities. Therefore, through knowledge you have to know your real self. Then, as you progress through the clear realization of Vedic knowledge, you should worship Me in an atmosphere of love and devotion.

Formerly, the great sages, through the sacrifice of Vedic knowledge and spiritual enlightenment, Worshiped Me in themselves, Knowing Me to be the Supreme Lord of all sacrifice and the Supreme Soul in everyone's heart. Thus coming to Me, these sages have attained supreme perfection.

The dense and ethereal matter bodies, composed of the three modes of influence of material nature (virtue, passion, ignorance), cling to you (l incarnate soul), but they are in fact an illusion, for they only appear today, having no original or ultimate existence. How is it possible, therefore, that the different stages of the body, namely birth, growth, reproduction, maintenance, decrease and death, can relate to your eternal self?

These phases only concern the material body, which did not exist before and ultimately will not exist. The body only exists at the present moment.

I will now tell you about these regulating principles of Vedic knowledge [of the Vedas, the original holy scriptures], detachment, self-realization, faith and of devotional service. I personally endorse this knowledge whereby one sees the combination of eleven, nine, five and three elements in all living entities, and ultimately one element in these twenty-eight. When one no longer sees the twenty-eight separate material elements, which come from one cause, but rather the cause itself, the Supreme Person, then his direct experience is called self-realization.

Beginning, termination and maintenance are the stages of material causation. The one who systematically accompanies all these material phases from one creation to the next and remains alone when all the material phases are annihilated is the Eternal Person. From the four types of evidence, Vedic knowledge, direct experience,