If people want to be effective counselors, they have to first learn how to give shelter without being appointed, but rather on the higher order for disciples which is to tell everyone about Krishna. In other words, they have to earn the respect of others by their own example.
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We should never want to put ourselves in a superior position over others. We should be embarrassed by being asked to be put in that position. Therefore, we should protect ourselves whenever we are asked to be put in that position by always placing ourselves before the vaisnavas and asking, ""How can I serve you?'' If you have that attitude and you are Krishna conscious, you will have many people asking you questions.
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If we are actually senior and Krishna conscious, then Krishna will make an arrangement for us to become more visible to others. We will be given opportunities to preach; we will be given opportunities to be an example. And if we accept those opportunities in the mood of service, we will see those opportunities will continue to increase. That is all.
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If somebody's mind is not sheltered and he is too disturbed and he thinks too much about his own problems, such devotees cannot think of the welfare of others.
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The best designation for any devotee to adopt is to be a servant of vaishnavas. It is the safest; it is the most exalted.
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The qualification for being a counselor doesn't mean that one is authorized to be a counselor. Authorization is a small part of it. But to be a counselor and to genuinely care for others, means somebody actually has to be selfless and sheltered in Krishna consciousness.
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Vaisnavas should be prepared to give Krishna consciousness to anybody. That is what we want to give in our temples. We may not be able to give them something else, but if we give them Krishna consciousness and never reject them, their hearts can change.
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We should become so pure that even if people are coming forward to serve with the desire to take, then we should deal with them in such a way that their hearts become clean.
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Jiva Gosvami explains that if one cannot respect devotees, then how can he preach? If he cannot respect that somebody is actually superior to him and somebody has some qualities that can help him make progress, and if he sees that way in the association of the devotees, then how can he respect the non-devotees? Then how can he preach? Therefore, Jiva Gosvami is explaining that such persons are useless for preaching.
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If one is attached and if he is honest, then at least he will try to associate with others who will help him to become free from those attachments. But if one is very proud and is not capable of looking within himself to see his own attachments, then, Jiva Gosvami explains, in his commentary in the Eleventh Canto of Bhagavatam, that such persons are useless for preaching.
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