Offering of love

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Whose offerings does the Supreme Lord accept?

 

The Lord eats the offerings from those who know how to invite and feed Him.

Not everyone is able to call Him to eat. If they do not know, how will they

feed Him? If a learned nondevotee offers food to the Lord with the proper

recitation of mantras, the Lord does not accept His offering. Finely cooked

rice mixed with ghee and various cooked vegetables offered by a nondevotee

does not attract the Lord's attention. But anything offered by even a beggar

inclined toward the Lord's service in any way attracts His attention and

love.

 

What is the nature of love?

 

Love and hate are different. It is the spirit soul's nature to love God; it

is the mental speculator's nature to hate Him. On the platform of love-the

platform of devotional service, of supreme religious principles, and of

service to the Lord-there is no conflict of interest,. There is only

complete harmony. As soon as we fall down from the platform of cultivating

love of God, however, we begin to see one another as objects of enjoyment.

The entire human race is meant to serve Krsna. When people realize this,

they will no longer have problems. They will understand themselves as

Vaisnavas and there will be natural loving exchanges between themselves and

other Vaisnavas. There is no love in this material world, because everywhere

here has a conflict of interest.

 

 

(From Srila Bhaktisiddhanta "Amrta Vani")