A Vaishnava is one who cannot tolerate the living entities having to suffer repeated birth and death within the material world. Therefore, based on his compassion, he is always anxious to spread the message of Godhead and to give this knowledge of the Supreme Lord to the forgetful conditioned souls. He also has desire, he also is an individual, but his desire, being full of compassion, is in accordance with the desire of the Lord. Therefore, when a Vaisnava desires to deliver the conditioned souls from the clutches of material nature, then, by His divine grace, the living entity may get the opportunity to once again turn his attention back to the Lord.
Boston, April 1990