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accepted a material body. Not only does the human being have a material
body, but other living entities, such as cats and dogs, also have material
bodies. The devotee of the Lord is merciful to everyone—the cats, dogs,
trees, etc. He treats all living entities in such a tate that they can ultimately
get salvation from this material entanglement. Sivananda Sena, one of the
disciples of Lord Caitanya, gave liberation to a dog by treating the dog
transcendentally. There are many instances where a dog got salvation by
association with a sddhu because a sddhu engages in the highest philan-
thropic activities for the benediction of all living entities. Yet although a
sddhu is not inimical towards anyone, the world is so ungrateful that even
a sddhu has many enemies.

What is the difference between an enemy and a friend? It is a difference
in behavior. A sddhu behaves with all conditioned souls for their ultimate
relief from the material entanglement. Therefore, no one can be more
friendly than a sddhu in relieving a conditioned soul. A sadhu is calm, and
he quietly and peacefully follows the principles of scripture. A sadhu
means one who follows the principles of scripture and at the same time is
a devotee of the Lord. One who actually follows the principles of scripture
must be a devotee of God because all the sastras instruct us to obey the
orders of the Personality of Godhead. Sadhu, therefore, means a follower
of the scriptural injunctions and a devotee of the Lord. All these charac-
teristics are prominent in a devotee. A devotee develops all the good
qualities of the demigods, whereas a nondevotee, even though academically
qualified, has no actual good qualifications or good characteristics in the
standard of transcendental realization.

TEXT 22
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WHI TAP HAAATTE TT: RA
mayy ananyena bhavena
bhaktim kurvanti ye drdham
mat-krte tyakta-karmanas
tyakta-svajana-bandhavah

mayi—unto Me; ananyena bhadvena—with undeviated mind; bhaktim—
devotional service; kurvanti—perform; ye—those who; drdham—staunch;
mat-krte—for My sake; tyakta—renounced; karmanah—activities; tyakta
