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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 15]
by others, I should not attempt to pinch or kill any other living entity. People do not know that because of killing innocent animals they themselves will have to suffer severe reactions from material nature. Any country where people indulge in unnecessary killing of animals will have to suffer from wars and pestilence imposed by material nature. Comparing one's own suffering to the suffering of others, therefore, one should be kind to all living entities. One cannot avoid the sufferings inflicted by providence, and therefore when suffering comes one should fully absorb oneself in chanting the Hare Krṣṇa  mantra . One can avoid sufferings from the body and mind by practicing mystic  haṭha-yoga .
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रजस्तमश्च सत्त्वेन सत्त्वं चोपशमेन च । एतत् सर्वं गुरौ मक्त्या पुरुषो ह्यञ्जसा जयेत् ॥२५॥
rajas tamaś ca sattvena sattvam copaśamena ca etat sarvam gurau bhaktyā puruṣo hy añjasā jayet
rajaḥ tamaḥ—the modes of passion and ignorance; ca—and; sattvena—by developing the mode of goodness; sattvam—the mode of goodness; ca—also; upaśamena—by giving up attachment; ca—and; etat—these; sarvam—all; gurau—unto the spiritual master; bhaktyā—by rendering service in devotion; puruṣaḥ—a person; hi—indeed; añjasā—easily; jayet—can conquer.
TRANSLATION
One must conquer the modes of passion and ignorance by developing the mode of goodness, and then one must become detached from the mode of goodness by promoting oneself to the platform of śuddha-sattva. All this can be automatically done if one engages in the service of the spiritual master with faith and devotion. In this way one can conquer the influence of the modes of nature.