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The Glories of Haridāsa Thākura
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“There are many different kinds of devotees, but even a Vaiṣṇava coming from a family of  mlecchas  or  yavanas  is understood to be a learned scholar, complete in knowledge, if he knows the Vaiṣṇava philosophy. He should therefore be given charity, for such a Vaiṣṇava is as worshipable as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
na me ‘bhaktaś catur-vedī mad-bhaktaḥ śva-pacaḥ priyaḥ tasmai deyaṁ tato grāhyaṁ sa ca pūjyo yathā hy aham
Lord Kṛṣṇa says, “Even if a nondevotee comes from a  brāhmaṇa  family and is expert in studying the  Vedas , he is not very dear to Me, whereas even if a sincere devotee comes from a low family of meat-eaters, he is very dear to Me. Such a sincere pure devotee should be given charity, for he is as worshipable as !”
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জগৎ-নিস্তার লাগি’ করেন চিন্তন ।
অবৈষ্ণব-জগৎ কেমনে হইবে মোচন ? ২২৩ ॥
jagat-ṇistāra lāgi’ karena cintana avaiṣṇava-jagat kemane ha-ibe mocana?
SYNONYMS
jagat-ṇistāra —the deliverance of the people of the whole world;  lāgi’ —for;  karena cintana —was always thinking;  avaiṣṇava —full of nondevotees;  jagat —the whole world;  kemane —how;  ha-ibe mocana —will be delivered.
TRANSLATION
Advaita Ācārya was always absorbed in thoughts of how to deliver the fallen souls of the entire world. “The entire world is full of nondevotees,” He thought. “How will they be delivered?”
PURPORT
Śrīla Advaita Ācārya sets the standard for  ācāryas  in the Vaiṣṇava  sampradāya . An  ācārya  must always be eager to deliver the fallen souls. A person who establishes a temple or  maṭha  to take advantage of people’s sentiments by using for his livelihood what people contribute for the worship of the Deity cannot be called a  gosvāmī  or  ācārya . One who knows the conclusion of the  śāstras , follows in the footsteps of his predecessors and endeavors to preach the  bhakti  cult all over the world is to be considered an  ācārya . The role of an  ācārya  is not to earn his livelihood through the income of the temple. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī