Our Friends

Real bonds between two spirit souls exist on the spiritual platform, exist in our relationship in devotional service - eternal friendship. One of the qualities of the Vaishnavas – 26 qualities are mentioned, and one is friendship. This kind of friendship is not the same as mundane friendship. Prabhupada said that: “Actually”, “our only friend is Krishna.”
And he said, that: “Anyone in this world is only our friend, to the extent, that he gives us Krishna.”
Otherwise there is no friendship.

So we don’t think like that, we don’t think like that at all! We think :”Oh well, he’s my friend, he’s my friend - my friends!"
Facebook friends, many, many friends! Friends everywhere, all over the place. How many friends we have! But then Prabhupada just cut right through it, right through the material relationship and said: “Our only friends, are those that give us Krishna.”

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Sydney, Australia, March 2011)