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revealed scriptures and confirmed by the spiritual master. Accepting the path of liberated souls and the association of pure devotees enriches such activities.
Imitation devotees, who wish to advertise themselves as elevated Vaiṣṇavas and who therefore imitate the previous  ācāryas  but do not follow them in principle, are condemned in the words of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  as stone-hearted. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura has commented on their stone-hearted condition as follows:  bahir aśru-pulakayoḥ sator api yad dhṛdayaṁ na vikriyeta tad aśma-sāram iti kaniṣṭhādhikāriṇām eva aśru-pulakādi-mattve 'pi aśma-sāra-hṛdayatayā nindaiṣā.  “Those who shed tears by practice but whose hearts have not changed are to be known as stone-hearted devotees of the lowest grade. Their imitation crying, induced by artificial practice, is always condemned.” The desired change of heart referred to above is visible in reluctance to do anything not congenial to the devotional way. To create such a change of heart, conclusive discussion about Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His potencies is absolutely necessary. False devotees may think that simply shedding tears will lead one to the transcendental plane, even if one has not had a factual change in heart, but such a practice is useless if there is no transcendental realization. False devotees, lacking the conclusion of transcendental knowledge, think that artificially shedding tears will deliver them. Similarly, other false devotees think that studying books of the previous  ācāryas  is unadvisable, like studying dry empiric philosophies. But Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, following the previous  ācāryas , has inculcated the conclusions of the scriptures in the six theses called the  ṣaṭ-sandarbhas . False devotees who have very little knowledge of such conclusions fail to achieve pure devotion for want of zeal in accepting the favorable directions for devotional service given by self-realized devotees. Such false devotees are like impersonalists, who also consider devotional service no better than ordinary fruitive actions.
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চৈতন্য-মহিমা জানি এ সব সিদ্ধান্তে ।
চিন্ত দৃঢ় হঞ্জা লাগে মহিমা-জ্ঞান হৈতে ॥ ১১৮ ॥
caitanya-mahimā jāni e saba siddhānte citta dṛḍha hañā lāge mahimā-jñāna haite
SYNONYMS
caitanya-mahimā —the glory of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  jāni —I know;  e —these;  saba —all;  siddhānte —by the conclusions;  citta —the mind;  dṛḍha —firm;  hañā —becoming;  lāge —becomes fixed;  mahimā-jñāna —knowledge of the greatness;  haite —from.
TRANSLATION
By such conclusive studies I know the glories of Lord Caitanya. Only by knowing these glories can one become strong and fixed in attachment to Him.