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Bhaktivedanta Leadership Newsletter

 

Real Leader

 

Real leader means who does not commit mistake, who is not illusioned, who

does not cheat and who has no imperfect senses, who has, or, other words,

one who has got perfect senses. So if you say, "How it is possible for the

conditioned soul?Yes, it is possible if you follow the perfect." Just

like we are doing. We are following Krsna. He does not commit mistake, He is

not illusioned, His senses are not imperfect, and He does not cheat. We are

following. Therefore, although we are imperfect, because we are following

the perfect, our proposition is perfect. A child may be illiterate, but when

he's taught, "Write A like this," and he follows that, he becomes literate.

[Morning Walk, December 12, 1973, Los Angeles]

 

Editor's Note

 

At the time of Bhismadeva's passing, Arjuna describes where his great power

comes from: "I have the very same Gandiva bow, the same arrows, the same

chariot drawn by the same horses, and I use them as the same Arjuna to whom

all the kings offered their due respects. But in the absence of Lord Krsna,

all of them, at a moment's notice, have become null and void." Thus Krsna

conscious leader is not proud because of borrowed plumes. He is well aware

that all powers and skills are derived from the supreme source, Lord Krsna,

and they act as long as Krsna desires. In a moment's time such energies can

be generated or withdrawn by the supreme will of the Lord. Leadership

without the blessing of the Lord is child's play. As long as the parents

allow the child to play, it is all right. As soon as the parents stop him,

the child has to stop.