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  Unauthorized Instructor or So-Called Acarya 1.What is the behavior and opinion of learned godless instructors of fruitive activities? They will say to themselves: "O my brother, don't stay away from sense pleasures. Enjoy sense pleasures as you like, as long as others do not know of them. Why not? I do not think the  world will collapse because of them. There is no God, an all-seeing God who gives to us the results of our actions. What have you to fear? Just be a little  careful, so no one will know. If they learn of it, then you will lose your good reputation, and perhaps the government or bad people will make trouble for  you. If that happens, neither you nor others will be happy."Know for certain that if the hearts of the preachers of atheistic morality were examined, these  thoughts would be found. (Tattva-viveka 1/9-12 commentary) 2.Is it proper for a bona fide spiritual master to give hari-nama or mantra initiation to a faithless person? One...

  we should not be attached to this money for sense gratification; every cent should be spent for spreading the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, not for sense gratification. There is danger for a preacher when he receives great quantities of money, for as soon as he spends even a single cent of the collection for his personal sense gratification, he becomes a fallen victim. The preachers of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement should be extremely careful not to misuse the immense quantities of money needed to spread this movement. Let us not make this money the cause of our distress; it should be used for Kṛṣṇa, and that will cause our eternal happiness. Money is Lakṣmī, or the goddess of fortune, the companion of Nārāyaṇa. Lakṣmījī must always remain with Nārāyaṇa, and then there need be no fear of degradation. (Srimad Bhagavatam. 7.13.32 / Purport ) 🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆   🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆   🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆   Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare R...