Bhakti-yoga alone purifies the heart and liberates the soul from all material conditioning through dedicated service.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: Janme janme prabhu sei. Spiritual master who has opened the eyes, he is, spiritual master, the life of the disciple. Do not... He cannot be like that.
Janme janme prabhu sei. Life of the disciple. Cakhu-dān dilo jei, janme janme prabhu sei. Nobody can repay the indebtedness of spiritual master, even by getting a duration of life like Brahmā.
There is a verse in Śrīmad... Brahma... Brahma-saṁ... Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, there is a verse.
Sei... Sei guru. All right. Yaśodānandana: "The Lord has suggested, therefore, that by the influence..." [break] Prabhupāda: ...meat-eating, gambling and intoxication. Find out throughout the whole world if they can give up these bad habits by adopting any other means.
But one who has taken to the bhakti-yoga, they have given up very easily. Is it not? Hari-śauri: Yeah, immediately. Prabhupāda: Anartha upaśamaṁ sākṣāt [SB 1.7.6]. Nobody dies without illicit sex or intoxication. Anartha, unnecessarily they are habituated.
There is no need, but by bad association you have practiced this, habituated, cannot be given up. LSD... Government spends so much, millions of dollars, that "These hippies may give up." Not successful. See practically.
And as soon as they come to our camp, they give up. Is it not?