How can we be strict in sadhana and sensitive with others?
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Question from Anant Swarogitu How can we be good in sadhana As well as be sensitive and humble in Behavior with devotees Yes, actually sadhana Sometimes can make us proud Because when we are strict And we find that other devotees are not strict We often look down at them And thus we end up Distracted We end up distracted Because We are not Able to recognize The We are not able to recognize Or keep in mind the ultimate purpose of what we are doing Our purpose is not Just to say wake up early in the morning And without even a single nod off I chant all my 16 rounds of tantra Every single morning I do this or do that Or do that whatever So We see our priority As connecting with Krishna And we connect with Krishna Not just through the way we chant We connect with him through also the way in which We focus on Our devotional We focus on connecting with him And that connecting with him means Appreciating that he is manifest Everywhere Not just in the chanting Not just in the scriptures He is manifest in the hearts of the devotees Manifested in the hearts of people in general And we need to respect it We need to be respectful In dealing with others So the sensitivity Which is integral to bhakti Comes through recognizing that Krishna Is accessible At various levels So the Kanisha Adhikari sees Krishna Only in the Deity or in general Only in the ritualistic activities of bhakti The Madhyam Adhikari Understand that my relationship With Krishna is affected By the way I deal with other people And with this understanding The Madhyama Actually learns to deal In an appropriate way with everyone And the Uttama understands that Actually Krishna is everywhere And He sees me everywhere and sees everything in me And such a person is never lost to me Nor am I ever lost to him So the important thing is That we recognize That My purpose is not just to do rituals My purpose is to Act in a way That will please Krishna And so chanting is not a ritual Sadhana is not a ritual They are all meant to please Krishna And if they make me judgmental towards others If they make me arrogant towards others Then Krishna will not be pleased So we want to see Krishna’s hand everywhere So even if devotees are Doing little progress From where they are They are taking one step towards Krishna And Krishna will be happy about that And so for his Because of his pleasure we can also be happy And we can also encourage those people To come closer towards Krishna By keeping the purpose of going closer to Krishna In mind We can be strict in sadhana And at the same time not become judgmental towards others Thank you