Acharyas Are All Concerned

About Our Miserable Conditions

The great Vaisnava acharyas are not aloof from the sufferings of the conditioned souls of this material world.To the contrary, their hearts bleed to see how miserable the conditioned souls are in this one fourth portion of the Lord's creation. Therefore they fully dedicate their lives for awakening the dormant Krishna consciousness in the hearts of all living beings.

In this connection Srila Prabhupada has written wonderfully in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 6, Chapter 1, Verse 6 as follows:

"A Vaisnava is para-duhkha-duhkhi; in other words, he has no personal troubles, but he is very unhappy to see others in trouble. Prahlada Maharaja said:

'My Lord, I have no personal problems, for I have learned how to glorify Your transcendental qualities and thus enter a trance of ecstasy. I do have a problem, however, for I am simply thinking of these rascals and fools who are busy with maya-sukha, temporary happiness, without knowledge of devotional service unto You.'

This is the problem faced by a Vaisnava. Because a Vaisnava fully takes shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he personally has no problems, but because he is compassionate toward the fallen, conditioned souls, he is always thinking of plans to save them from their hellish life in this body and the next."

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