Those who have no faith cannot practice bhakti. They will not advance in bhakti. Therefore in order to practice bhakti we need enthusiasm, because without enthusiasm, there is no meaning to the word faith. We need enthusiasm to advance, enthusiasm to give up attachments, but the devotee knows he cannot give them up by his own efforts. He wants to give them up, but he knows he cannot do it by his own efforts. How does he do it? He hears the pastimes of the Lord.
April 17, 1999, Kishiniov