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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 4]
to understand the Absolute Truth one needs to have full control over his senses and mind. Prahlāda Mahārāja possessed all these qualities. A Vaiṣṇava is always a well-wisher to everyone. The six Gosvāmīs, for example, are described in this way:  dhīrādhīra-jana-priyau . They were popular with both the gentle and the ruffians. A Vaiṣṇava must be equal to everyone, regardless of one's position.  Ātmavat : a Vaiṣṇava should be like Paramātmā.  Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati . Paramātmā does not hate anyone; indeed, He is in the heart of a  brāhmaṇa , but he is also even in the heart of a pig. As the moon never refuses to distribute its pleasing rays even to the home of a  caṇḍāla , a Vaiṣṇava never refuses to act for everyone's welfare. Therefore a Vaiṣṇava is always obedient to the spiritual master ( ārya ). The word  ārya  refers to one who is advanced in knowledge. One who is deficient in knowledge cannot be called  ārya . At the present, however, the word  ārya  is used to refer to those who are godless. This is the unfortunate situation of Kali-yuga.
The word  guru  refers to the spiritual master who initiates his disciple into advancement in the science of Kṛṣṇa, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, as stated by Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura ( śrī-bhagavan-mantropadeśake gurāv ity arthaḥ ).
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नोद्विग्रचित्तो व्यसनेषु निःस्पृहः
श्रुतेषु दृष्टेषु गुणेष्ववस्तुदृक् ।
दान्तेन्द्रियप्राणशरीरधीः सदा
प्रशान्तकामो रहितासुरोऽसुरः ॥३३॥
nodvigna-citto vyasaneṣu niḥspṛhaḥ śruteṣu dṛṣṭeṣu guṇeṣv avastu-dṛk dāntendriya-prāṇa-śarīra-dhīḥ sadā praśānta-kāmo rahitāsuro 'suraḥ
na —not;  udvigna —agitated;  cittaḥ —whose consciousness;  vyasaneṣu —in dangerous conditions;  niḥspṛhaḥ —without desire;  śruteṣu —in things heard of (especially elevation to heavenly planets be-