On the whole, we are always mixed up with the sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, tamo-guṇa. That is our material position. Therefore sometimes we come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness when we are in sattva-guṇa, again sometimes fall down when tamo-guṇa attacks, rajo-guṇa attacks. So we have to become above these guṇas. Traiguṇya-viṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna (BG 2.45). Arjuna advised . . . Kṛṣṇa advised him that, "You become above these three guṇas." So how it can be done? It can be done simply by hearing about Kṛṣṇa. This is naistraiguṇyo-sthā ramante sma guṇānukathane hareḥ (SB 2.1.7). If you simply engage yourself only hearing about Kṛṣṇa, then you are nistraiguṇya. This is the process, simple, no other business.
So we have given you so many books. Don't sleep. Don't waste a single moment. Of course, you have to sleep. Reduce it as much as possible. Eating, sleeping, mating and defending—reduce it. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau. That is the example given by the Gosvāmīs. Nidrā, āhāra and vihāra. Āhāra means eating, and vihāra means sense enjoyment, and nidrā means sleeping. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau: "Conquered over." That is spiritual platform: no more sleeping, no more eating, no more sex life. That is perfection. And one who can conquer over these three things—eating, sleeping and sex life—he's fearless, automatically. There is no requirement of defense, because they can meet any situation. That is paramahaṁsa stage. Nivṛttā. Munayaḥ . . . prāyeṇa munayo rājan nivṛttā vidhi. For them, there is no regulation. Don't imitate that, "I have become . . ." Some of our students exhibited like that, that "There is no need of regu . . . we are all paramahaṁsas." Paramahaṁsa not; rascal number one. Here is the test: when you'll not be influenced by the material qualities, rajo-guṇa, sattva-guṇa, tamo-guṇa. And the test is that nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau, that conquering over the sleeping, nidrā. First thing is mentioned there. Sleeping and eating and sense enjoyment
Śrī-caitanya-mahāprabhu-guṇānukathane. These Gosvāmīs, they were always writing books. Guṇānukathane. Guṇa. What is the writing books? When we write these books, what is that? They are simply describing the different activities and attributes of Kṛṣṇa. Anukathane. Anu means not whimsically; following the superior authorities. You cannot write anything which is not approved by the superior authorities. Therefore, we have to give examples, quotations from the śāstra that, "What I am speaking, it is supported by the śāstra." Not that, "I have inventive power. I have . . . I can do, I can write anything I like." That is nonsense. Anukathane. Anukathane means you must hear from the authority perfectly. Then try to write. Not that you write whimsically, whatever you like. That is not allowed. And that will not be accepted. Therefore, in the beginning, in this chapter, we learned this word, that varīyān eṣa rājan . . . varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpa ātmavit-sammataḥ (SB 2.1.1). Ātmavit-sammataḥ: "It is approved by the realized souls." Not that whimsically I do something or you question something. No. It must be . . . the question must be approved by ātmavit, self-realized person, and the answer should be given by the self-realized person, ātmavit-sammataḥ. This is wanted.