“Chastity and sincerity will give super position.” Srila B. S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. 13 March 2007. Nabadwip Dham, India

“When we are initiated and we are surrendered to Guru, that surrender will not be for show, surrender must be pure. I am always telling to our friends: chastity and sincerity will give super position.”

Morning darshan, 13^th March 2007, Nabadwip Dham, India.

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Some slokas from this lecture:

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asat-saṅga-tyāga,—ei vaiṣṇava-āchāra
‘strī-saṅgī’—eka asādhu, ‘kṛṣṇābhakta’ āra

_{(Śrī Chaitanya-charitāmṛta: Madhya-līlā, 22.87)}

dūreṇa hy avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañjaya
buddhau śaraṇam anvichchha kṛpaṇāḥ phala-hetava

_{(Bhagavad-gītā: 2.49)}

chātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ
tasya kartāram api māṁ viddhy akartāram avyayam

_{(Bhagavad-gītā: 4.13)}

āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaṁ
samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat
tadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarve
sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī

_{(Bhagavad-gītā: 2.70)}

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
ūrdhva-mūlam adhaḥ-śākham
aśvatthaṁ prāhur avyayam
chandāṁsi yasya parṇāni
yas taṁ veda sa veda-vit

_{(Bhagavad-gītā: 15.1)}

sarvasva tomāra, charaṇe sa̐piyā,
       paḍechhi tomāra ghare
tumi ta’ ṭhākura, tomāra kukkura,
          baliyā jānaha more

_{(Śaraṇāgati: 3.1)}

kṛṣṇa yadi kṛpā kare kona bhāgyavāne
guru-antaryāmi-rūpe śikhāya āpane

_{(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta: Madhya-līlā, 22.47)}