Welfare (CC)

Expressions researched:
"welfare"

Notes from the compiler: VedaBase query: "welfare" not "welfare activity" not "welfare activities"

CC Adi-lila

CC Adi 3.98, Translation and Purport:

Seeing the activities of the world, the Ācārya felt compassion and began to ponder how He could act for the people's benefit.

This sort of serious interest in the welfare of the public makes one a bona fide ācārya. An ācārya does not exploit his followers. Since the ācārya is a confidential servitor of the Lord, his heart is always full of compassion for humanity in its suffering. He knows that all suffering is due to the absence of devotional service to the Lord, and therefore he always tries to find ways to change people's activities, making them favorable for the attainment of devotion. That is the qualification of an ācārya. Although Śrī Advaita Prabhu Himself was powerful enough to do the work, as a submissive servitor He thought that without the personal appearance of the Lord, no one could improve the fallen condition of society.