SB 2.2.31 — Only the purified soul can attain the perfection of associating with the Personality of Godhead in complete bliss and satisfaction in his constitutional state. Whoever is able to renovate such devotional perfection is never again attracted by this material world, and he never returns. "
Now, some of these Mayavadi sannyasis accuse me that "Bhaktivedanta Swami is spoiling our Hindu religion." Means dvesta. They do not like Christians. They do not like Mohammedans. But I am accepting Mohammedans, Christian, any damn rascal: "Come on. Chant Hare Krsna."
Srila Prabhupada's Morning Walk
Bombay, February 19, 1974
Srila prabhupada writes
Nectar of devotion
There are many instances showing that a devotee needn't practice anything but Krishna consciousness; all the good qualities of the demigods automatically develop within him.
Those who are intentionally practicing to be vegetarians or to become nonviolent may have good qualifications by a material estimation, but these qualifications are not sufficient to make them devotees.
A vegetarian is not necessarily a devotee, nor is a nonviolent person.
But a devotee is automatically both vegetarian and nonviolent.
We must conclude, therefore, that vegetarianism or nonviolence is not the cause of devotion.
In this connection, there is a story in the Skanda Purarna about a hunter who was converted into a great devotee under the instruction of Narada Muni.
When the hunter became a perfect devotee, he was not prepared even to kill an ant.
Parvata Muni, a friend of Narada's, saw the wonderful transformation of the hunter by devotional service, and remarked:
"My dear hunter, your unwillingness to kill even an ant is not very astonishing. Any person who develops the devotional attitude has all the good qualities automatically manifested in his person. A devotee is never a cause of distress to anyone."
Sri Rupa Gosvami affirms herein that purification of consciousness, purification of bodily activities, austerities, peace of mind, etc., all become automatically manifest in the person who is engaged in devotional service.
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