These few days we passed together were very pleasing, and our only aim is how to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The Vaiṣṇava's business is para-duḥkha-duḥkhī. Para means others, and duhkha means unhappy. So Vaiṣṇava personally has no unhappiness, because Vaiṣṇava is under the protection of Kṛṣṇa. So there is no question of unhappiness for a Vaiṣṇava. But Vaiṣṇava is unhappy by seeing others suffering. Para-duḥkha-duḥkhī. That is the definition of Vaiṣṇava.
- vancha-kalpatarubhyas ca
- krpa-sindhubhya eva
- patitanam pavanebhyo
- vaisnavebhyo namo namah
(I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇava devotees of the Lord. They can fulfill the desires of everyone, just like desire trees, and they are full of compassion for the fallen souls.)
So Vaiṣṇava is para-duḥkha-duḥkhī. Practically every person, 99.9%, they are under the impression that "I am this body." This conception of life is animal consciousness. The dog is thinking, "I am this body." The cat is thinking, "I am this body." But actually we are not these bodies. That is the first instruction in the Bhagavad-gītā. So, especially in the modern age, people are thinking like that, and they are unhappy. They don’t believe in the next life, although practically we see, every moment you are changing bodies.