​Is thinking negative about some devotee an offence?

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inner conversation happen when we deal with devotees sometimes we may think offensively about some devotees so is that also an aparad? no the serious offenses are those which are done with malicious intention that means I don’t like some devotee that devotee has some talent, some ability some glory and I deliberately try to pull that devotee down so that which is done with a malicious intention that is a serious offense but apart from that in the normal course of interaction different people are basically different so we may like some people more some devotees we may get along better with some devotees we may not get along so well with that is fine so we can have different levels of intimacy with different devotees so sometimes some devotees may behave in such a way also that we may feel irritated so if it’s at the level of the thoughts it’s not really an offense, it’s just something which you have to be cautious about now if we repeatedly think negatively about some devotee she is like that, always thinking like that and we find that it’s becoming a habitual pattern then it is said the thought is the ancestor to the deed if we are thinking negatively about someone eventually that will come out in our speech or in our actions so to avoid that if our mind is repeatedly making negative comments about some devotee it is better to get a fresh perspective maybe go to some other devotees who appreciate that devotee and then try to understand the positives of that devotee oh I used to think he is like this but no, I didn’t know doing this also and this also so when we get that positive perspective then that negative comment that comes along we can counter it and that way we can avoid committing offenses does that address your question? thank you yes