heart of every being as the Supreme Soul, he must be in ignorance; he is like a person who would offer oblations in ashes.

He who shows Me respect but envies the body of others is a separatist, and because of his hostility towards other beings, he never knows peace of heart.

Even if someone adores Me in My form of murti, following the rites and with the appropriate articles, he can never satisfy Me if he ignores My presence in every being.

While performing his duties, man should worship the murti, the arca form [The personal form of God manifested through various material elements such as paintings, wooden statues, stone statues, of Krishna worshiped in temples or at home. Really present in this form, the Lord receives the worship offered to Him by his devotees] from the Supreme Lord, until he realizes My presence in his own heart as in that of all other beings.

Throughout the fire burning with death, I arouse a dreadful fear in anyone who makes the slightest distinction between himself and other beings because of external differences.

Then, by charitable giving and a benevolent attitude, by behaving like in a friendly way and seeing all beings with an equal eye, you must attract My favors, I who live in each being as their very Soul.

Animated beings are superior to inert objects, and among them, those in whom the signs of life are manifested are more evolved. As for the animals endowed with a developed consciousness, they are better than these, and above them are the beings endowed with a developed sensory perception.

Among the beings endowed with sensory perceptions, those who developed the sense of taste are higher than those who only developed the sense of touch. But superior to them are those who can smell, and even superior to those who can hear.

Beings who can distinguish different forms are superior to those who perceive sounds. Higher than them are those who have jaws full of teeth, and higher still those who have many legs. But even higher are the quadrupeds, and above all, humans.

Among humans, those whose social organization is based on the qualities and activities of each prevail over others, and within 'such a society, intelligent men, referred to as “wise scholars”, are the most evolved. But we must still distinguish as the best among the wise scholars those who have studied the Vedas (the original holy scriptures), and among them, the one who knows the true purpose of the Vedas is the highest.

However, above of the sage who knows the purpose of the Vedas is the one who can dispel all doubts, and better than the latter still is the one who strictly adheres to