So this instruction should be taken by all of us. The purificatory process is chanting Hare Krsna. And as soon as our heart is purified, we completely become convinced that "The Lord is Supreme. I am His eternal servant. I have forgotten this. Servant, my servitorship is there, but instead of serving the Lord, I am serving my senses. That's all. I have never become the master. I am not master of my sense; I am the servant of my senses. That is my position." So why not becoming the servant of the Supreme instead of serving on the servant of the senses? You cannot become master. Actually, you become master of the senses when you are actually servant of Krsna; otherwise it is not possible. There are two words, gosvami and go-dasa. Persons who are servant of their senses, they are called materialistic go-dasa, and persons who are master of the senses, they are called gosvami. Gosvami. They control the senses. The tongue wants to eat something which is not... "Oh," he controls. "Oh, tongue, you cannot taste these things. It is not Krsna prasada." Therefore he becomes gosvami, master. He does not allow the tongue to eat any nonsense thing except Krsna prasada. He cannot allow his senses, his anything for sense gratification. Only for the service. That is called devotional service. Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate [Cc. Madhya 19.170]. Bhakti, this devotional service, means when you engage your senses for the satisfaction of the master of the senses. The supreme master of the senses is Krsna. So we are trying to apply the senses for our personal service. This is called maya; this is called illusion. The same senses purified, when they'll be engaged in the service of Krsna, that is perfection. So we are not going to stop the activities of the senses, but senses are being purified for being engaged in the service of the Lord. This is Krsna consciousness.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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