“Bhakti means to please Krishna. A pure devotee has no selfish desire. Of course, it is good to want to have taste for the holy names, but the ultimate goal is to please Krishna. At one stage Tamal Krishna Goswami told Srila Prabhupada that he was so disturbed by all the complications here that he could not chant properly. And Srila Prabhupada replied, ‘I know how you feel—I feel the same way.’ This is transcendental anxiety. Impersonalists want peace (santi santi); they want to merge and become one—but devotees struggle for guru and Krishna. His Holiness Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami Maharaja said to Srila Prabhupada, ‘I have just one department—Bhaktivedanta Institute—and there are so many difficulties and problems. And you have a whole worldwide movement—I can’t even imagine how you deal with all the problems. Srila Prabhupada replied, ‘Problems? I don’t see any problems. I only see service to my Guru Maharaja.’ So, we conditioned bhaktas want things to be comfortable and https://missourifreeclinics.org/tramadol/ pleasant. But a pure devotee has no such conditions. He just wants to serve his spiritual master and Krishna.”
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