Guest guest Posted June 15, 1998 Report Share Posted June 15, 1998 Camp: ISKCON Moscow's Sri Gaura-Nitai Mandir Nama Hatta Celebrations > Dear Srila Acharyapad, > > Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace. All > glories to Srila Prabhupad. > > Please, will You explain the difference between desiring the association > of devotees and desiring no followers? > > Thanking You, > > Your humble servant, > > Tarini Radha dd. A pure devotee wants to increase the number of devotees in the world. He is tirelessly endeavoring to save conditioned souls and deliver them to the Lotus Feet of Lord Sri Krishna. That is selfless and not desiring followers for himself, even if some of those devotees become his disciples or students. this is called Gosthyanandi. However, if someone is desiring a large material following of fans or followers without any Krishna consciousness purpose then it is not conducive for pure devotional service. I hope this finds you blissful and healthy in Krishna consciousness. Your ever well wisher, Jayapataka Swami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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