IV. Nimi asked: -- "How can one whose mind is not controlled and

who is of dull understanding easily cross over this Maya? Prabuddha replied: -- "Have recourse to a Guru, who knows the Truth and is fixed in the supreme. Learn the duties of Bhagavatas from him. Practise non-attachment, keep company with Sadhus. Be kind to your inferiors, friendly to your equals and respectful to your superiors. Keep your body and mind pure. Regulate your life by fixed rules. Have forgiveness. Do not talk idly. Read the sacred books. Be upright. Be temperate. Be harmless to all beings. Bear good and evil, pleasure and pain with equanimity. Find out Atma and Ishvara everywhere. Free yourself from all connections. Do not bind yourself down to your house. Have that which is easily got for your clothing. Be content with anything and everything. Have faith in the Bhagavata Sastra, but do not blame any other Sastra. Control your mind, speech and actions. Speak the truth. Control your inner and outer senses. Hear, recite and meditate on the deeds and Avataras of Hari. Let all your exertions be for Him. Offer up all, even your wife, children and your own life, to Him. In the company of Bhagavatas, interchange devotion and love, remind each other and speak to each other of the glory of Bhagavat, till your hair stands on end, and you will sometimes dance and sometimes sing, maddened by your devotional thoughts about Achyuta. "These are the duties of a Bhagavata and by practising these, he may easily cross over Maya."