A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
If, by the grace of the Lord and the great-souled devotees of the Lord, a living being becomes fortunate enough to associate with the unadulterated devotees of the Lord and gets a chance to hear the unadulterated glories of the Lord, certainly the flow of devotional service takes place like the flow of a river.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
By the association of pure devotees all the obstacles are removed.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
It is imperative that one sincerely seeks the association of pure devotees and hears them patiently and submissively from any position of life.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Although there is a process of gradual elevation, if one, by the association of pure devotees, takes directly to Krishna Consciousness, that is the best way.