One German friend, my Godbrother, he said, in the First World War, all manpower went to the active field. So the sister, generally women, left

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"One German friend, my Godbrother, he said, in the last war . . . in the First World War, every . . . all manpower went to the active field. So the sister, generally women, left"

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

One German friend, my Godbrother, he said, in the last war . . . in the First World War, every . . . all manpower went to the active field. So the sister, generally women, left. Women means sister, mother or wife. So they went to church, "My husband may come back," "My brother may come back," or "My son may come back." But nobody came back, so they become atheist.

680802 - Lecture SB 01.02.05 - Montreal

Here Caitanya Mahāprabhu teaches, marma-hatāṁ karotu vā adarśanāt: "If You break my heart perpetually by not being present before me." He doesn't say that, "We want to see God." Doesn't matter. "Why I shall see God? He is busy. Why shall I call Him to become present in my presence? No. Although I am broken-hearted . . . I would have been pleased to see God, but doesn't matter if He does not come."

That is pure devotion. "Oh, I served God so many years, and still I could not see Him. Oh, give up this job. Let me go to māyā." That is not devotion. That is motive. I wanted to serve God with a motive. As soon as the motive is not fulfilled . . .

One German friend, my Godbrother, he said, in the last war . . . in the First World War, every . . . all manpower went to the active field. So the sister, generally women, left. Women means sister, mother or wife. So they went to church, "My husband may come back," "My brother may come back," or "My son may come back." But nobody came back, so they become atheist. Because they went to the church with some motive and the motive was not fulfilled, they became atheist. Therefore this type of devotion is not pure devotion.