What is the duty of acharya?
Prabhūpāda Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswati Gosvami ṬhākuraGranth upadeshamrit
An ācārya is the Supreme Lord's messenger. He carries the Lord's message from Vaikuṇṭha and distributes to us. One must hear that message emanating from his mouth through service-inclined ears. If one becomes fully surrendered, by the ācārya's mercy one will achieve perfection. No one other than an inhabitant of Vaikuṇṭha is able to speak about Vaikuṇṭha. We have to hear about Calcutta from a person who has seen Calcutta....
Why do we sometimes consider godless people great?
Prabhūpāda Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswati Gosvami ṬhākuraGranth upadeshamrit
Sinful people, pious people, fruitive workers, mental speculators, and yogis spend their lives in godlessness. We consider them great when we are out of touch with devotional service.
What does the Supreme Lord want from us?
Prabhūpāda Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswati Gosvami ṬhākuraGranth upadeshamrit
The Lord does not want anything other than full surrender. We should cultivate God consciousness and help those who are unable to cultivate God consciousness. Otherwise, they will become hostile. We should always remember that serving Maya is not the same as serving Krsna. Materialistic or godless people do not have the privilege to serve the Lord. Only those who are alive can serve the Lord, not those who are...
Kṛṣṇa awards devotional service even to ambitious devotees, but elsewhere in sastra, it is said that Krsna eagerly awards material...
Prabhūpāda Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswati Gosvami ṬhākuraGranth upadeshamrit
Sometimes people make a show of worshiping Kṛṣṇa while internally wanting Him to give them religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation. Śāstra states that 'as one surrendres to the Lord, He rewards him accordingly.' This means that the Lord deceives him by bestowing upon him the insignificant objects he desires. He never awards such hypocrites pure devotional service.
Can we call just anything devotional service?
Prabhūpāda Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswati Gosvami ṬhākuraGranth upadeshamrit
Devotional service means to do what Kṛṣṇa likes. Doing what we like is not devotional service but sense gratification. We should become neither sense enjoyers nor dry renunciants. We should surrender our independent natures and become devotees of the Lord by seeking His complete shelter. In this way, we will work only for His pleasure.
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