Pride means if one is too much proud of his acquisition, either educational or material wealth, that means he is in the material platform. This very test. A devotee is never proud. He is humble, humble and meek. Just Lord Jesus Christ also said: "The humble and meek will attain the kingdom of God." Is it not?
So Vaiṣṇava is humble and meek. He is not proud, because . . .
(break) . . . even if he has got great amount of wealth, good qualification, everything, he thinks that, "These things are Kṛṣṇa's. I am His servant. I have got the opportunity to serve Him with this qualification. If I am highly educated, if I have got good knowledge, if I am great philosopher, scientist—everything—if I do not engage all these qualifications to Kṛṣṇa's service, then I shall naturally become falsely proud, and that is the cause of my falldown. I will never be able to approach God, because I am not humble and meek."
But as soon as one engages these qualifications for Kṛṣṇa's service . . . the scientist, he can present so many scientific thesis to prove that there is God. That is his perfection of scientific knowledge. If a philosopher writes article to convince man that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead by philosophical thesis . . .
Because there are men who want to understand the Absolute Truth through philosophy, through science, so it is the duty of those who are scientifically advanced, philosophically advanced or materially advanced or wealthy, they should engage all this for Kṛṣṇa's service.