The spiritual master may finally sanction somebody’s activities because they are so persistent, but we should not think that this is actually what is most pleasing to the spiritual master. We should try to understand what is most pleasing to the spiritual master. He wants to see us advance in Krishna consciousness. He wants to see us surrendering to Krishna's lotus feet. He wants to see us becoming happy in Krishna consciousness. And if we want to become happy we have to become happy on the transcendental platform and to give up all our calculations of happiness according our previous conception of happiness.
July 15, 1993, Rostov