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...other disciples have overheard the last part of this exchange, and by now they mistakenly assume that they can remain partly independent of Bhaktivedanta and still progress toward Krishna. They begin to pick Vedic fruits for the devotee, despite the fact that he has forbidden them...
...Krishna is a spiritual being. His nature transcends the physical, and, in eluding his followers, he disguises himself in a never-ending reincarnation of physical masquerades. Bhaktivedanta is the religiously and historically designated intermediary between Krishna and his mankind of followers. It is he who governs their physical and spiritual lives in the observance of divine being...
DEVOTEES live according to four basic rules. They do not gamble, drink, engage in "illicit" sex, or cat meat. They live communally in Krishna temples, and feed themselves on sweets and spices whose recipes are taken from Vedic texts. They do as little as possible to expend themselves in physical self-flattery...
After several minutes of preliminary chanting, the ceremony is about to begin. Drama is the force and substance of Krishna knowledge, and the practice of Krishna observance will be conveyed by skit...
...disciples begin to chant, "Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, hare Krishna...