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satisfied with his natural income, eat only as much as he needs to keep his health, live in a secluded place and always remain peaceful. Peace of mind is necessary for prosecuting Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
The next item is  maitra , friendliness. A devotee should be friendly to everyone, but his intimate friendship should be with devotees only. With others he should be official. He may say, “Yes, sir, what you say is all right,” but he is not intimate with them. A devotee should, however, have compassion for persons who are innocent, who are neither atheistic nor very much advanced in spiritual realization. A devotee should be compassionate towards them and instruct them as far as possible in making advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. A devotee should always remain  ātmavān , or situated in his spiritual position. He should not forget that his main concern is to make advancement in spiritual consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and he should not ignorantly identify himself with the body or the mind.  Ātmā  means the body or the mind, but here the word  ātmavān  especially means that one should be self-possessed. He should always remain in the pure consciousness that he is spirit soul and not the material body or the mind. That will make him progress confidently in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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सानुबन्धे च देहेऽस्मिन्नकुर्वन्नसदाग्रहम् ।
ज्ञानेन दृष्टतत्त्वेन प्रकृतेः पुरुषस्य च ॥ ९ ॥
sānubandhe ca dehe 'sminn akurvann asad-āgraham jñānena dṛṣṭa-tattvena prakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca
sa-anubandhe —with bodily relationships;  ca —and;  dehe —towards the body;  asmin —this;  akurvan —not doing;  asat-āgraham —bodily concept of life;  jñānena —through knowledge;  dṛṣṭa —having seen;  tattvena —the reality;  prakṛteḥ —of matter;  puruṣasya —of spirit;  ca —and.
TRANSLATION
One's seeing power should be increased through knowledge of spirit and matter, and one should not unnecessarily identify himself with the body and thus become attracted by bodily relationships.