One should also be indifferent towards commonly respected objects—

O Lord, Your devotee sees the ocean to be as insignificant as a palmful of water, the sun as a glow-worm, Mount Sumeru as a pebble, a king as a servant, wish-fulfilling gems as rocks, a desire-yielding tree as wood, worldly aspirations as straw, and he even sees his own body as a trifling weight to carry: he knows all objects unfavorable to devotion as trivia.

—Sarvajna

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-goswami Maharaja, Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamrtam 4.7]
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The resolve to reject everything unfavorable, by means of all the senses—

O Mādhava, let me not see the unvirtuous persons who are devoid of devotion to Your lotus feet, and let me not hear the narratives which do not describe Your divine personality. O Lord of the universe, may I never have any contact with those bereft of faith in You, and moreover, lifetime after lifetime, may I never be without the company of Your associates who are devoted to Your loving service.

—Śrī Kulaśekhar

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-goswami Maharaja, Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamrtam 4.6]

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When the traditional guru and guardians are found to be unfavorable, they too must surely be abandoned—

One who cannot save other souls from the world of impending death—that is, one who cannot teach the path of devotion—he cannot be a teacher, although he may be called ‘guru’; he cannot be a relative—he is not worthy of the designation; he cannot be a father—he is not qualified to beget a son; she cannot be a mother—she should not bear a child; he cannot be a god—the demigods who cannot deliver others from material bondage are not entitled to accept worship from human society; and he cannot be a husband—his hand is not fit to accept in marriage.

—Śrī Ṛṣabhadev

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-goswami Maharaja, Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamrtam 4.5]
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Everything devoid of a relationship with Lord Hari should be rejected—

One should not reside wherever the river of nectarean tidings of Kṛṣṇa does not flow, wherever Kṛṣṇa’s surrendered devotees cannot be found, and wherever the grand festival of chanting Kṛṣṇa’s Holy Name is not conducted—even if it is heaven.

—prayers by the demigods

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-goswami Maharaja, Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamrtam 4.4]
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A similar expression of the same ideal—

O Lord, I have no faith in religiosity, economic development, or sense enjoyment. May all these things come to pass as they are ordained, according to my previous karma. But my earnest prayer is that birth after birth I may have unflinching devotion to Your lotus feet.
—Śrī Kulaśekhar

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-goswami Maharaja, Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamrtam 4.3]
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