Sincerity Test

Srutadeva Dasa: In Hyderabad, after a pandal lecture program, a teenaged Indian boy spent the night with the devotees. The next morning he entered Srila Prabhupada's room along with the initiated devotees and sat down close to Prabhupada. As soon as Prabhupada saw the boy, he pointed to the door without saying a word. The boy also said nothing, but got up and left. Srila Prabhupada then turned to one of the sannyasis and said, "First he must wash all the pots." He explained that Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura had always first tested the sincerity of someone who wanted to join by asking him to wash pots.