traditional wisdom and logical induction, one can understand the temporary and non-substantial situation of the material world, by which one detaches oneself from the duality of this world. An intelligent person must see that all material activity is subject to constant transformation and that even on Lord Brahma's planet there is also misfortune. Indeed, a sage can understand that just as everything he has seen is temporary, so all things in the universe have a beginning and an end. Now, I will again explain the supreme process of achieving loving service to Me.
Firm faith in the accounts of My entertainments, constantly chanting My glories, steadfastly clinging to ceremonial worship to My No one, Praise Me through beautiful hymns, have great respect for My devotional service, Offer Me obedience with the whole body, perform first-class worship from My faithful devotees, Consciousness of My Person realized by all living entities, offering ordinary bodily activities in My devotional service, using words to describe My qualities, offering oneself to Me, rejecting all material desires, giving up wealth for My service of devotion, renounce material gratification and happiness, and perform all desirable activities such as charity, sacrifice, song, vows and austerities in order to reach Me, these are true. b the religious principles by which human beings who have actually surrendered to Me develop automatically out of love for Me. What other goal or goal could remain for My devotee?
When his peaceful consciousness, strengthened by virtue is fixed on the Supreme Person, spirituality, knowledge, detachment and opulence are achieved. When consciousness is fixed on the material body, home and other similar objects of sensory satisfaction, we spend our lives chasing material objects with the help of the senses. Consciousness, thus powerfully affected by passion, devotes itself to impermanent things, and in this way irreligion, ignorance, attachment and misery arise.
The real regulatory principles are those which lead to My devotional service. True knowledge is the consciousness that reveals My omnipresent presence. Detachment is a total disinterest in the objects of the material satisfaction of the senses, and opulence represents the eight mystical perfections.
Nonviolence, truthfulness, not coveting or stealing the property of others, detachment, humility, lack of possession, confidence in religious principles, celibacy, silence, stability, forgiveness and fearlessness are the twelve main disciplinary principles. Internal cleanliness, external cleanliness, the singing of the holy names of the Lord, austerity, sacrifice, faith, hospitality, the worship of My Person, the visit of the holy places, to act and to desire only the supreme interest (of God), the satisfaction and service of the spiritual master, are the twelve elements of the prescribed tasks. These twenty-four elements bestow all desired blessings on those who cultivate them with dedication.