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Understanding Material Nature
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for such action will never produce any reaction ( animitta-nimittena ). This is also confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā .  Yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra : All activities should be performed simply for Yajña, or the satisfaction of Viṣṇu. Anything done otherwise, without the satisfaction of Viṣṇu or Yajña, produces bondage, so here it is also prescribed by Kapila Muni that one can transcend material entanglement by acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which means seriously engaging in devotional service. This serious devotional service can develop by hearing for long periods of time. Chanting and hearing is the beginning of the process of devotional service. One should associate with devotees and hear from them about the transcendental appearance, activities, disappearance, instructions, etc., of the Lord.
There are two kinds of  śruti , or scripture. One is spoken by the Lord, and the other is spoken about the Lord and His devotees.  Bhagavad-gītā  is the former and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  the latter. One must hear these scriptures repeatedly from reliable sources in order to become fixed in serious devotional service. Through engagement in such devotional service one becomes freed from the contamination of  māyā . It is stated in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  that hearing about the Supreme Personality of God-head cleanses the heart of all contamination caused by the influence of the three modes of material nature. By continuous, regular hearing, the effects of the contamination of lust and greed to enjoy or lord it over material nature diminish, and when lust and greed diminish, one then becomes situated in the mode of goodness. This is the stage of Brahman realization or spiritual realization. In this way one becomes fixed on the transcendental platform. Remaining fixed on the transcendental platform is liberation from material entanglement.
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शनेन दृष्टत्त्वेन वैराग्येण बलीयसा ।
तपोयुक्तेन योगेन तीव्रेणात्मसमाधिना ॥२२॥
jñānena dṛṣṭa-tattvena vairāgyeṇa balīyasā tapo-yuktena yogena tīvreṇātma-samādhinā
jñānena—in knowledge; dṛṣṭa-tattvena—with vision of the Absolute Truth; vairāgyeṇa—with renunciation; balīyasā—very strong; tapaḥ-yuktena—by