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and in everyone`s

heart. So therefore he can see every one`s spiritual connection

with Krsna.

Just as this verse is being quoted from the " Bhagavad gita", the

pure devotee, the humble sage sees everyone with an equal vision;

that means he sees everyone connected to Krsna. It doesn`t

necessarily mean that he`ll deal in exactly the same way with an

elephant or a dog. Of course, in this particular case, Caitanya

Mahaprabhu was in such ecstasy, and his influence was so powerful

that he was dealing with everyone in the same way. Just like he

would tell the human beings, and he would tell the animals: "Just

chant Hare Krishna!"

There`s also examples of great devotees who were very

affectionate to animals, and inspire them in Krsna consciousness.

We were reading this morning that Sivananda Sena used to have

one dog and he was always feeding that dog prasadam on the way to

Jagannatha Puri, but one day, the dog disappeared. So Sivananda

began to fast -- all the way to Puri. But when he reached

Jagannatha Puri he found the dog sitting beside Lord Caitanya.

And Lord Caitanya was feeding prasadam to the dog and very

shortly that dog went back to the spiritual world.

But generally the maha- bhagavata the pure devotee of the Lord,

won`t necessarily deal exactly the same way with animals or with

human beings. He will deal with them according to their external

activities, but still he sees their true spiritual position at

the same time. Generally the maha-bhagavata devotees of the Lord,

in order to preach Krsna consciousness within this world,

have to make distinctions between different types of

personalities. So therefore, it is said that they behave on the

platform of the madyam adhikari`s and they distinguish between

four kinds of personalities.

So the four personalities are: firstly the Supreme Lord: The

devotee worships the Supreme Lord; then he sees the devotees and

he makes friendship with the devotees and associates with them.

Then he sees those who are in ignorance, but who are innocent,

and he preaches to them. Then he sees those who are envious and

very atheistic and he avoids their association. So it`s necessary

to make distinctions between these kinds of persons in order to

encourage others in Krsna consciousness and help others to make

progress. Especially a neophyte devotee has to be trained how to

distinguish between different kinds of association. Because if he

takes the wrong association, if he associates with demoniac or

atheistic persons he will lose his Krsna consciousness

altogether.A maha- bhagavat wouldn`t be affected in any situation

because he`s always fully absorbed in Krsna. But a neophyte

requires guidance and instruction by good example.

So Prabhupada is giving stress here that the neophyte devotee

should not imitate, but he should follow in the footsteps of the

advanced devotees. So following in the footsteps means: following

the instructions. The pure devotees of the Lord, the acarya`s,

have given us instructions how to practically execute Krsna

consciousness in the present day and age. That`s why Prabhupada

stressed, "Don`t try to imitate Haridas Thakura." Even though

Haridas Thakura is the Nama acarya, don`t try to imitate him, by

chanting Hare Krsna 300.000 times a day,because you are not pure

enough. You have to become purified gradually, by following the

regulative principles, and by hearing the "Srimad Bhagavatam".And

especially one has to be engaged in active devotional service --

preaching activity.

Preaching activity is very purifying. It is a very powerful means

for advancing in Krsna consciousness. Prabhupada said that "those

who have got life, they can preach." By that preaching activity,

one is connecting others to Krsna. One is forced to depened

very much on Krsna, and he has to work very hard for Krsna, and

so in this way he wont be distracted by material sense

gratification; because in Kali yuga, in the present time, people

are very agitated; it is very difficult for them to control the

mind and the senses. There are so many allurements of material

sense gratification. All around people are engaged