| "People do not know it, how to become transcendental to this material conception of life and how to contact the supreme controller, Adhokṣaja. That is the only way. It is recommended . . . Not recommended; it is the fact. Bhakti-yogam: only by bhakti-yoga. There is no other way. So in the Bhagavad-gītā also it is stated, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ (BG 18.55). If you want to know Adhokṣaja, that is the real purpose of religion. Religion is not a type of ritualistic ceremonies. That is external. Real fact is how to contact the adhokṣaja, who is beyond our material conception. But bhakti-yoga . . . If you take to bhakti-yoga, then it is possible. Anarthopaśamam. Then anartha will be cleansed—things which are not wanted."
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