We are all sadhus, actually, originally, because we are part and parcel of Krsna, but in contact with maya, we have become asadhu. Sadhu means who are pure devotees. Bhajate mam ananya-bhak. That is sadhu. Otherwise there is no sadhu. The so-called sadhu, they are not sadhu. Sadhu means bhajate mam ananya-bhak. Sadhur eva sa mantavyah, bhajate mam ananya-bhak [Bg. 9.30]. So by chanting this Hare Krsna mantra, even the lowest of the mankind, naradhama, he can become a sadhu.
By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada
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