# Vaisnava Compassion *On the compassionate nature of the devotee* --- ### Vaisnava Is Unhappy Seeing Others Unhappy > Vaiṣṇava's real qualification is *para-duḥkha-duḥkhī:* he is unhappy by seeing others unhappy. Personally he has no unhappiness. Why he should be unhappy? He has got Kṛṣṇa. But as he has become happy by getting Kṛṣṇa, so he wants others also to become happy, and therefore he tries to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness. — [[spoken/1975/750115sb.bom|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.40, Bombay, January 15, 1975]] --- ### Vasudeva Datta's Proposal > That answer was given by Caitanya Mahāprabhu that... Vāsudeva Datta proposed, "My dear Lord, You have come. You take all the sinful persons from this world. Let them be delivered, as You have personally come. So if You think they're so sinful they cannot be taken back to home, back to Godhead, then I take all their sins. You take them only." That was his offer. Vaiṣṇava. Vaiṣṇava thinks like that, that he may remain in the hell, but by Kṛṣṇa consciousness everyone may be delivered. That is real Vaiṣṇava. *Para-duḥkha-duḥkhī.* Vaiṣṇava is unhappy by seeing others unhappy. — [[spoken/1973/730127nd.cal|The Nectar of Devotion, Calcutta, January 27, 1973]] --- ### Greatest Welfare Activity > Therefore there is a great necessity for pushing on this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. That is the best welfare activity to the human society. All of them, they are rascals. *Abodha-jāta.* In the *śāstra* it is said, *parābhavas tāvad abodha-jāta.* They are being defeated by the onslaught of material nature. These rascals, they do not know. They are thinking they have become great leaders, philanthropist, nationalist, politician, scientist, philosopher—but they're killing themselves and others. *Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇu.* They do not know how to make progress. — [[spoken/1973/730125nd.cal|The Nectar of Devotion, Calcutta, January 25, 1973]] --- ### Para-upakara > This Bhārata-bhūmi is for *para-upakāra,* because this knowledge, the Vedic knowledge, is here in the Śrīmad Bhārata-varṣa. So we should assimilate the *bhakti* cult to the right direction, and making our life successful, we should distribute this knowledge, this cult, all over the world. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission. *Janma sārthaka kari para-upakāra.* The modern civilization is very vicious civilization. Because in the human form of life there is the opportunity, *athāto* brahma-jijñāsā*—*to inquire about the Supreme Truth. So if they are denied... The knowledge is there in India. If it is denied, that is not very good human society. — [[spoken/1977/770126ad.pur|Evening Address to Paṇḍas and Scholars, Puri, January 26, 1977]] --- ### Only Liberated by Serving Mukunda > So this is the process. *Aham...* And what is that process? *Tama mukundāṅghri-niṣevayaiva.* Mukunda means Kṛṣṇa, one who gives liberation. Hari. Hari means one who takes away all your sinful activities. *Ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi*. He's taking; therefore His name is Hari. *Mukundāṅghri.* Another name is Mukunda. Mukunda means... *Muk* means *mukti,* and *ānanda* means bliss. Kṛṣṇa gives you *mukti,* deliverance, deliverance from this *tama,* this material world, and gives you transcendental bliss; therefore His name is Mukunda. *Mukundāṅghri:* the lotus feet of Mukunda. *Niṣevayaiva.* Simply by serving the lotus feet of Mukunda, I can do this. This is the sum and substance. — [[spoken/1973/730126in.cal|Sannyāsa Initiation Lecture, Calcutta, January 26, 1973]] --- *5 verified verbatim quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda on Vaisnava compassion*