This is beginning of successful life. Adau sraddha, this sraddha, or this niscayatmika buddhi, or vyavasayatmika buddhi, is the beginning of spiritual life. If one has no faith in the words of the authorities, then he has no hope. Samsayatma vinasyati. Vinasyati means he does not get any chance to enter into spiritual life. We are in the material world. We are... Vinasyatsu. We are in an atmosphere of being finished. That everyone, we know. This body... I am concerned with this body, and the body is to be finished. But the soul is not finished. Therefore our bhakti-marga... How one can make progress in bhakti-marga? If we have got faith in the words of Krsna, that Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66], if we apply our intelligence, niscayatmika, then our spiritual life begins. Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sangah [Cc. Madhya 23.14-15]. These are the different methods to make advance in spiritual life, especially in bhakti-yoga, devotional life.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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