humility in serving Vaisnavas

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One has to be blessed by a devotee to become a devotee. And he who is the

servant of the servant of the servant -- one hundred times removed -- is not

worse than one who directly serves the guru. If one thinks, 'Because I am

direct servant, I am better than others,' then he is not a Vaisnava. To

offer one's respects to Guru and not to his disciples, this is wrong. This

is not Vaisnava. One has to be humble and try to serve all Vaisnavas -- not

some and not others.

 

Srila Prabhupada

 

(from Transcendental Diary vol. 1)