Association with devotees alone can transform attachment from the chain of bondage into the key to liberation.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.20 — November 20, 1974, Bombay 741120SB-BOMBAY [40:18 Minutes] SB-03.25.20_741120SB-BOMBAY Nitāi: "Every learned man knows very well that attachment for the material is the greatest entanglement of the spirit soul. But the same attachment, when applied to the self-realized devotees, opens the door of liberation." Prabhupāda: prasaṅgam ajaraṁ pāśam ātmanaḥ kavayo viduḥ sa eva sādhuṣu kṛto mokṣa-dvāram apāvṛtam [SB 3.25.20] This is the definition of our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Consciousness is there. Living being means there must be consciousness.
The consciousness... [sound of child in background] [pause]
Prabhupāda: Consciousness, when it is muddy or contaminated on account of intermingling with these modes of nature, we become more and more entangled. There is a verse in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta spoken by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu: sādhu-saṅga sādhu-saṅga sarva-śāstre kaya lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya [Cc. Madhya 22.54] Sādhu-saṅga. Here it is also recommended: sa eva sādhuṣu kṛtaḥ.
Association, prasaṅga... Saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ. In the... [pause] [sound of child continuing] No...
Saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ. As you associate with... Man is social animal, it is said. So according to your association, you can mold your character.
If you associate with businessmen, then... They actually form so many association to develop their business capacity. Practical. There is stock exchange association, this market association, that market association.
There is club, association of the drunkards. So there are many association, and this association, different types of association, is the cause of bondage in that particular thing. Everyone knows it. Saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ [Bg. 2.62].