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Conclusion of Teachings to
Sanatan Goswami
Persons who desire liberation by the cultivation of knowledge are of
three kinds: the desirers for liberation; the liberated in this material existence;
and the actually self-realized. As for desiring to become liberated, there are
many such persons in this world, and sometimes they engage themselves in
devotional service for this purpose. It is corroborated also in Srimad Bhagwatam,
in the First Canto, Second Chapter, that those who actually desire liberation
give up all kinds of worship of the demigods, and, without being envious of
them concentrate their minds in the worship of Narayan, the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead. Such persons are engaged in the service of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Narayan; and when they are in contact with pure devo-
tees, they become engaged in the devotional service of Krishna, and give up
the idea of liberation. In the Hari Bhakti Sudhodaya, there is anice verse in which
it is stated: “O great soul, although there are many faults within this miserable
life, yet there is one glory—the association of pure devotees. Cultivate such
association. By such association our desire for liberation diminishes.”
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