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Was it not possible for me to stay in my normal worldly life to practice devotional service to Krishna?

Of course I certainly could have remained there, but I would have had to cater to the tastes of others. This was the main obstruction I faced in living amongst those who were antagonistic to shri Krishna’s service. That was unpleasant. I never wanted to make my valuable life unsuccessful by spending even a moment of it in activities other than serving shri Krishna.

To attain the opportunity to constantly engage my different senses in loving service to Krishna, I obtained by great fortune the association of a most compassionate person who is the abode of love, the dear-most servant of Mahaprabhu. With loving compassion he overlooked my disqualification, and to enrich my greed for Bhajana he accepted me as his own. Upon receiving a touch of his mercy, I enthusiastically resolved to engage all my senses exclusively and continuously in the bhajana of shri Krishna.

Consequently, I set out with determination to follow all the primary injunctions of the scriptures regarding the cultivation of knowledge of the soul, and not of this temporary material body.

Hare Krishna!!!