We should all aspire that we can live this life in subordination to a devotee of the Lord, and give up the foolish idea that we can be independent in this material world. It will not happen. It cannot happen. And the only way to become free from that illusion is to take shelter of the mercy of the devotees. That is the greatest fortune. That is what the pure devotees of the Lord pray for birth after birth, to have association of Krsna’s devotees. Because they know there is no other way that they can surrender to Krsna and get Krsna’s mercy except by the mercy of a devotee.
November 4, 2009, Minsk, Belarus, "What is Actual Independence?"