We only have one identity, that is we are servant of EVERYONE:

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Letter PAMHO:11102140 (27 lines) [W1]

Internet: "Rasamrita das"

09-Feb-06 11:17

Sriman Pandit (das) (Borehamwood - UK) [18121]

We only have one identity, that is we are servant of EVERYONE.

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We only have one identity, that is we are servant of EVERYONE:

 

If we have an authoritative position, we should never think, I am an

authority. We only have one identity, and that is servant. The Temple

President is meant to be the humble servant of every devotee in the temple.

And how does he serve? By engaging them in service. Sometimes by correcting

them or even chastising them but it should be done in a spirit of servant,

not in the spirit of master.

 

The GBC is meant to be a humble servant of everyone in his zone. He should

humbly try to create an atmosphere in such a way that all the devotees can

make best spiritual advancement. It is a service. The disciple sees the

spiritual master as master. However, in Vaishnava ideology, the spiritual

master sees himself the servant of every disciple.

 

Srila Prabhupada once said that I see all my disciples as the

representatives of my Guru Maharaj. That means by serving the disciples, he

is serving his guru. In vaishnavism, however advanced we become we never

think we’re master. We become more and more humble in the mood of servant to

everyone.

 

Even to the conditioned souls, we should never think I am better than them.

I should think I am their servant. By giving them a book, I am humbly

serving them or by giving them prasad, or by preaching to them, I am their

servant. And to the atheists who are very antagonistic and envious, we are

also their servant.

 

How should we serve them? Either by defeating them. That is a humble

service. By crushing their misconceptions. That is a humble service. Or if

we cannot do that, we serve them by avoiding them altogether, so they do not

make offenses. As soon as we think we are prabhu or master to anyone, we are

in a very, very artificial state of consciousness.

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