Chintamani Goswami Maharaj Hmm! Absolutely, there is no atom of benefit. When you are washing your clothes ironing them, and then keeping them nicely, while you are very hungry and not making any endeavor to look for something to eat, are you getting any benefit? Similarly, you are pure soul, dehe, and your cloth or body deha, which is important? Therefore, if you are taking money for devotional service, you are a criminal, and that is Maha-aparadha. it means that you are creating another karma, another body and another life you don't know what you shall be. Because Lord Krishna says in the (Bg. 9.27) in the following manners quote, yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi
yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya
tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam
Translation:
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform – do that, O son of Kuntī, as an offering to Me.
Therefore, taking money in devotion is another karma one has to suffer in future. Hare Krishna!
yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya
tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam
Translation:
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform – do that, O son of Kuntī, as an offering to Me.
Therefore, taking money in devotion is another karma one has to suffer in future. Hare Krishna!
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