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Why we shouldn't criticise devotees.

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If a saintly person is criticized because of the traces of almost-extirpated

sin in his character, that is a grievous offence. If criticism is made

against a sadhu for sins committed prior to his surrendering to Krsna, that

is likewise another serious offence; such a faultfinder surely invites the

wrath of Lord Krsna. (Harinama Cintamani ch.4 p.32)

 

Haridasa Thakura is not saying here that there is something very heinously

wrong if you make an offence toward a maha-bhagavata (pure devotee), or if

you make an offence to someone who is not making mistakes. He is letting us

know that there is serious disturbance in one's devotional life even when

you are criticizing someone who has some past weakness, someone who has come

out of a negative situation or someone who has had some accidental

disturbance or fall. He says that this will weaken and can even destroy

one's devotional creeper.

 

Because we have a duty to be spiritual scientists, and we are supposed to be

monitoring and looking for what is proper and try to be servants by trying

to facilitate others. We work on ourselves first, and where there is

something wrong we are to lovingly address it.

 

But if we are trying to call someone out, criticizing or dealing with a

deviation, and this person is a devotee; if we are not also involved in

trying to make things better or trying to assist that person or do not

really care about that individual; then even to speak bad about such

person's deviation or to deal with it can be very dangerous to our own

devotional life.

 

That just helps us to be reminded, that every devotee is so rare and so

important.

 

 

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