One who reads the Bhāgavata sincerely will have Bhagavān enter his heart. Thus, the devotee will never come near māyā and he will never die—otherwise, the Bhāgavatam will be false, but the Bhāgavatam can never be false. Our conceptions may be false, the society may be false, and politicians may be false—but Bhagavān and His associates, like Vyāsajī and Śukadeva Gosvāmī, can never be false. Hence, study the Bhāgavatam with faith. Those who are real saints will always remember the pastimes of Bhagavān. Today, in Kali-yuga, false saints are in the majority, who only want money. They desire nothing else. Saints never need money; they have nothing to do with money, pride, and greed. They only desire the auspiciousness of the conditioned souls.
December 25, 1996 India (New Delhi or Pune)