Forgetting his own interest, he seeks happiness in this world and centers all his attachments on home life, which is focused on sexual relations and which subjects it to all kinds of material suffering. So he’s no better than a stupid animal.

As long as the living being does not inquire about the spiritual values of existence, he must know defeat and the evils of ignorance. Whether it is righteousness or sin, karma bears fruit, and if a person is involved in some form of karma, his mind is described as “tinged with the desire to enjoy the fruits of action”. As long as the mind remains unclean, the consciousness remains obscured, and as long as one follows the path of self-interested action, one must put on a material body.

The Lord adds: When one is able to perform his duty without ulterior motives for the love of Me, the One Supreme, emotions, all effort, fear and the like, are futile.

I naturally surrender to this person who transmits without reserve to the devotees this traditional instruction, Mine, this knowledge of the Absolute Truth. Whoever recites aloud this supreme knowledge, which is so sanctifying and clear, finds in My presence, the lamp of knowledge and will, purification day after day. The person who listens attentively and with faith regularly to spiritual knowledge and who offers his transcendental devotional service to Me is a holy being, who will not become entangled in karmic reactions.

For the curious who fully understands spiritual science, there is nothing more to know. Once one has drunk the nectar of this tasty drink, there will be nothing left to learn. Whatever successful people with the four goals of life can find in knowledge, fruitful work, mystical yoga, ordinary pursuits or political leadership, you can also find the best in Me. When a mortal surrenders to Me and offers Me all his fruitful labor in his desire to serve Me with love and devotion, he then attains the freedom of birth and death and qualifies to attain immortality., the sharing of My nature and the opulence that accompanies Me.

Purify yourself and be free from desire. Exercise your intelligence, your spiritual knowledge and its wisdom, your patience with all dualities, keep your principles holy, restrain your senses and live in peace and absorption [concentration or meditation]. Believe and meditate on what you have learned from Me without discrimination. When you have your words and your mind absorbed in Me, you are thus dedicated to realizing Me. With this discipline transcending the three worlds, you will be able to reach Me.

The Lord teaches us what good and bad qualities are.

The Lord says: To absorb His intelligence in Me is the mental balance, and the complete discipline of the senses is self-control.

Tolerance means patiently enduring unhappiness, and constancy occurs when one conquers the tongue and genitals.