From Gaudiya Vaishnavism to mundane charity by Jayadvaita Swami

Stages of progression: from Gaudiya Vaishnavism to mundane charity.

Stage 1:

Start out with a strategy to do some sort of welfare activity that the public will appreciate.

In the beginning the Food For Life preacher will say "Well this is not really our work but we are going to do it to get some public sympathy or appreciation."

Stage 2:

Food For Life preacher preaches to some of his people. They start to think, "Actually this is good work"

Stage 3:

The temple leaders now start to think of FFL as being something that Krishna wants us to do.

Stage 4:

The ultimate stage in which the Food For Life preacher, the temple leaders start to say, "Whether or not this is what Krishna wants us to do, it is essential we must do it, people are in need, people are desperate for food. What ever Krishna said or what ever Prabhupada said, we must do it.
The last stage the FFL program has historically reached. People start off with some compromise and some more compromise and this is the point that the devotees come to. They say, "Any God would support this"

-Jayadvaita Swami