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Lord Rṣabhadeva's Teachings
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above. All these prescribed methods enable one to give up the material body ( liṅgaṁ vyapohet ) and be situated in his original spiritual body. First of all one has to accept a bona fide spiritual master. This is advocated by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his  Bhakti-rasāṃṛta-sindhu :  śrī-guru-pādāśrayaḥ . To be freed from the entanglement of the material world, one has to approach a spiritual master.  Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet . By questioning the spiritual master and by serving him, one can advance in spiritual life. When one engages in devotional service, naturally the attraction for personal comfort—for eating, sleeping and dressing—is reduced. By associating with the devotee, a spiritual standard is maintained. The word  mad-deva-saṅgāt  is very important. There are many so-called religions devoted to the worship of various demigods, but here good association means association with one who simply accepts Kṛṣṇa as his worshipable Deity.
Another important item is  dvandva-titikṣā . As long as one is situated in the material world, there must be pleasure and pain arising from the material body. As Kṛṣṇa advises in  Bhagavad-gītā ,  tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata . One has to learn how to tolerate the temporary pains and pleasures of this material world. One must also be detached from his family and practice celibacy. Sex with one's wife according to the scriptural injunctions is also accepted as  brahmacarya  (celibacy), but illicit sex is opposed to religious principles, and it hampers advancement in spiritual consciousness. Another important word is  vijñāna-virājita . Everything should be done very scientifically and consciously. One should be a realized soul. In this way, one can give up the entanglement of material bondage.
As Śrī Madhvācārya points out, the sum and substance of these four  ślokas  is that one should refrain from acting out of a desire for sense gratification and should instead always engage in the Lord's loving service. In other words,  bhakti-yoga  is the acknowledged path of liberation. Śrīla Madhvācārya quotes from the  Adhyātma :
ātmano 'vihitaṁ karma varjayitvānya-karmaṇaḥ kāmasya ca parityāgo nirīhety āhur uttamāḥ