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I wrote:

 

> Bhaktivinoda Thakura warns against making a show of inviting Vaisnavas,

> feeding them and giving a donation, only for increasing personal prestige.

> He says that if you invite many at a time, you may not be able to serve

> or respect them properly.

>

> Where is this stated?

 

I got the following reply:

 

> > "O bhaktas! Please serve in all ways those Vaisnavas who are

> > continuously engaged in chanting the pure name. But please don't make

> > Vaisnava-seva even lower than karma-kanda by offering dakshina to the

> > Vaisnavas while feeding them. Inviting so-called renounced Vaisnavas to

> > simply feed them is not the instruction of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu."

> > Vaisnava-seva, Sajjana Toshani 6/9

>

 

To which my response was:

 

> Thankyou for sending this, but it's rather ambiguous. Do you have the

> original Bangla?

 

The sender did not have the original Bangla. Does anyone else?

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