At one time ,Srila Bhativinod Thakur appeared to be very sickly whilst in Calcutta ,Srila Gaurakishore Das told a Goswami who had come to see him to carry Srila Thakur on His head and bring him from the kingdom of Maya (illusory energy)to the spiritual land of Navadvipa.This was only to test and cheat like minded, externally orientated devotees.The Lord is always residing in the heart of the devotee irrespective of wherever he is.In fact, wherever the pure devotee is, that place becomes Vrndavan for he is always engaged in serving the Supreme Lord in an unalloyed manner.This Gosai went to see Srila Thakur in Calcutta and conveyed to him the message of Babaji Maharaj . Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur ,smilingly replied that he had a prayer and that he needed blessings from Babaji Maharaj to perform his devotional service which would be all in all.However,Srila Prahupada who was there at that time took this bewildered Gosai to one side and explained to him gravely, that the pure devotee actually fulfills the mental inclinations of all those who come to see him with material motives.He is able to understand the mood of all those who approach him and he rewards them accordingly while being engaged in his devotions in an unflinching manner.Thus,there were many insincere people who heard enough hints from devotees which are enough to drown themselves further in the whirlpool of sense gratification.In short,it is disastrous to have a hypocritical and enjoying mentality when approaching a pure devotee for they may, unwittingly, not obtain the actual benefit of the association of the holy saints.We are reminded here that those devotees who are surrendered to the pure devotee and are performing devotional service in a favorable manner have all truths revealed to them in a short time.In conclusion,I the author ask all those saintly readers to give me their blessings so that I too can be free from all sorts of hypocrisy in my relation with the pure saints.
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