The struggle that must be waged by the he spiritual being embodied for his sustenance in this material world is the result of his rebellious nature towards God, and unless he surrenders himself to Krishna, the Supreme Lord, he must continue this struggle. Anyone who does not reach this level must continue their material existence forever, sometimes on the upper planets, Edenic, paradisiacal, sometimes on the lower planets, in hell. Sometimes the conditioned soul sinks into ignorance, sometimes it feels some relief when it partially frees itself from it.

This is the life of the being prisoner of this material world.

The true principle of religious faith is found in pure virtue.

The Lord says: “According to which attribute of material nature, virtue, passion and ignorance, marks its existence, the being develops a faith particular. It is said of such and such faith, depending on whether it is bathed in one or the other”.

There is no one, regardless of his condition, who does not have some form of faith. But this faith becomes virtuous, impassioned or ignorant according to the acquired nature, in contact with the attributes of material nature, by the human being which it animates.

Faith always emerges from acts accomplished under the sign of virtue. Whether faith is placed in a celestial being, in a fictitious god or in some mental creation, it is this which, generally, when it is established, engenders the acts of virtue. Let us know, however, that no work accomplished in conditioned existence, within material nature, is quite pure. No work can belong to virtue alone, it must be tinged with other attributes of material nature.

Pure virtue, in fact, transcends material nature, and whoever settles there can understand the true nature of God, the Supreme Person. As long as faith does not derive from this entirely pure virtue, it is promised to the defilement of the attributes of material nature, which extend their impurity to the heart.

So it is how the heart comes in contact with a particular attribute that determines the aspect of faith. In fact, let us understand that the faith of a human being whose heart is in virtue will itself bathe in virtue. Likewise, one whose heart is in passion, his faith will bathe in passion, and one whose heart is in the darkness of ignorance, in delusion, his faith will have to be defiled.

There are therefore different kinds of faith in this world, and different kinds of corresponding religions. The true principle of religious faith lies in pure virtue, and it is only because the hearts of beings are tinted with the other attributes of material nature that there is a multiplicity of faiths, religions, and in relation to it., different forms of worship.

All those who cultivate the divine qualities have access to pure virtue. Here are some of the qualities of a holy being, servant or servant of God: