This volume contains some of K¿nupriya Gosv¿m¿'s lectures, translated into English for the first time, on the topic of the uplifting power of associating, that is to say, meeting and conversing with s¿dhus, the holy men and women of the Caitanya tradition. This is a topic that is of fundamental importance to 20th century Caitanya Vai¿¿ava theology.