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nature of man despite much worshipping,
seeking company of the good people and
religious discourse. Perhaps, people have
failed to understand bhakti in the right spirit.
Truthfulness and clean heart are the
conditions of bhakti. Be eligible for bhakti by
cleansing the body, the mind and the money
and then observe the norms of bhakti in spirit
and rituals.
Gita repeatedly lays stress on knowledge
and renunciation for engaging in bhakti. It
says: 'Open your eyes of knowledge,
understand the true form and meaning of life,
and free your mind and body of worldly
desires, passions and wickedness. The
intellect will be purified by knowledge only,
the virtuous intellect will understand the nature
and character of soul. When the soul will be
situated in its own form, and as such will be
clean, pure and virtuous, only then it will be
able to experience the eternal God.' The