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Imported quote 13211 Professional reciters may ask money to extinguish the blazing fire within their bellies, but they cannot make any spiritual improvement or become perfect. It is therefore strictly forbidden to recite Srimad-Bhagavatam as a profession to earn a livelihood. Only one who is completely surrendered at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, depending fully on Him for personal maintenance or even for maintenance of his family, can attain perfection by recitation of Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is full of narrations of the pastimes of the Lord and His devotees. The process can be summarized as follows: the audience must be faithfully receptive to the Bhagavata message, and the reciter should completely depend on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Bhagavata recitation must not be a business. If done in the right way, not only does the reciter achieve perfect satisfaction, but the Lord also is very satisfied with the reciter and the audience, and thus both are liberated from material bondage simply by the process of hearing.
(More...) Imported quote 17681 When Narada Muni made the hunter a disciple, so he dragged him to the riverside, Ganges, and gave him a tulasi plant, that "You sit down here and chant Hare Krsna mantra. And the tulasi plant is here. You offer obeisances." Then he was very much anxious, because he was hunter. He has been stopped his main business, killing business. So he was thinking that "My Guru Maharaja may not cheat me. He has stopped my business. He has broken my bows and arrows. And now he has dragged me here to sit down and chant Hare Krsna." Then he asked, "What about my food, sir? I'll sit down here or..." Narada Muni assured him that "Don't bother. I'll send you your food. You sit down here. You chant, and I will send your food." So he was little doubtful. Anyway, this news, as soon as the news spread in the neighboring places that "A hunter has become a Vaisnava," so out of curiosity, people used to come to see the hunter-Vaisnava. The hunter... When one is Vaisnava, he's no longer a hunter or belonging to the any caste. But people used to say "the hunter-Vaisnava."
(More...) So actually, for Vaisnava, who is dependent on Krsna, there is no want. There cannot be. Yoga-ksemam vahamy aham, tesam nityabhiyuktanam [Bg 9.22]. If one is actually dependent on Krsna, there is no question of scarcity. That is the Sukadeva Gosvami's instruction, kasmad bhajanti kavayo dhana-durmadandhan [SB 2.2.5]. He says to the saintly persons to become independent. So he advises that "Why you are anxious for bedding? There is very nice grass, and you have got pillows, this hand, arms. You can lie down here. And where is... What is the necessity of keeping a waterpot?" Because a sannyasi, even giving up everything, he keeps one waterpot. So Sukadeva Gosvami criticizes, "What is the use of keeping waterpot? You have your palms. You can take water from the river and drink." Cirani kim san..., pathi na santi. And old cloth, thrown away... Formerly, grhasthas, in different ceremonies, after taking bath, they would throw away their garments, their..., so that poor people, they can take it and use it. And new. Every religious function... In our childhood also we have seen, as soon as there was a new function or pūja, there was new cloth. Even household pūja... That takes place practically every month: Laksmi-pūja, Karttika-pūja... Bara mase tera parvana. The... Actually there are twelve months, but the festivals are thirteen. It was very difficult to adjust where the another festival, in which month it should be observed. So we have got experience-in Laksmi-pūja, all new cloth. The children, at least, at least the children and the housewife will have new cloth for every function. And what was the price of cloth? Very cheap. One rupee, four annas; one rupee, six annas, per pair. So we have seen it. So festival.
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