Volume 7 - Prabhupada

100 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta[Madhya-lila, Ch. 17ahaituky apratihatayayatma suprasidati"The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attainto loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional servicemust be unmotivated and uninterrupted in order to completely satisfy theself."On this platform there is nothing but the service of the Lord. When a personhas no ulterior motive, there is certainly oneness and agreement of principles.Since everyone has a different body and mind, different types of religions areneeded. But when one is situated on the spiritual platform, there are no bodilyand mental differences. Consequently on the absolute platform there is onenessin religion.TEXT 185-"'t-,l_ I-,f11' ' $11''1, , '{ 1t " lr "dharma-sthapana-hetu sadhura vyavaharapuri-gosanira ye acaraQa, sei dharma saraSYNONYMSdharma-sthapana-hetu-to establish the principles of religion; sadhuravyavahara -behavior of a devotee; puri-gosanira-of Madhavendra PurT; yeacaraQa-the behavior; sei-that; dharma sara -the essence of all religion.TRANSLATION"A devotee's behavior establishes the true purpose of religious principles.The behavior of Madhavendra Puri Gosvami is the essence of such religiousprinciples."PURPORTSrTia Bhaktisiddhanta SarasvatT Thakura gives the following commentary on thispassage. A sadhu or an honest man is called a mahajana or a mahatma. The mahatmais thus described in Bhagavad-gita:mahatmanas tu marh parthadaivirh prakrtim asrita/:1bhajanty ananya-manasojnatva bhatadim avyayam