It is My vow that if one only once seriously surrenders unto Me, saying “My dear Lord, from this day I am Yours,” and prays to Me for courage, I shall immediately award courage to that person and he will always remain safe from that time on.
To the extent the heart is polluted with sins, it cannot place its faith in the vedic scriptures or the bonafide spiritual master.
The vedic literatures composed by the Mahamuni Vyasadeva are evidence of all spiritual existence. Only through these revealed scriptures can all conditioned souls attain knowledge.
The devotee should be more tolerant than the tree and more submissive than the grass. He should offer all honour to others, but may not accept any honour for himself.