Notes for healing

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja In the seventh canto of Srimad Bhagavatam (7.10.15), Prahlada Maharaja prayed to Lord Nrisimhadeva to forgive his father's offenses. Even if someone does something wrong to a Vaishnava, the devotee does not become envious. He never develops an inimical attitude toward any living entity, even an envious person. Although envious people and demons harass devotees, a Vaishnava never thinks ill of them. Rather, he prays to the Lord: "Please excuse him. Please change his nature." As the verse (Bhag. 5.18.9) says, khalah prasidatam — "Let envious persons be pacified." You can pacify a snake using a mantra or ausadhi (medicinal herbs). But envious persons cannot be pacified. Only the Supreme Lord can do it. Therefore, a Vaishnava-sadhu prays to the Lord for their deliverance. Such is the nature of a Vaishnava-sadhu. The Lord's Sudarsana Cakra weapon was rushing to the scene. The Sudarsana Cakra protects devotees. At that ...

By Bhakti Charu Swami A Vaishnava does not want to criticize anyone. In Vrindavan, for example, there was one very, very exalted Vaishnava. One day there was a mahotsava, a festival. Many people were invited. This devotee noticed that one Vaishnava was not there, so he asked what had happened to him. Someone said that he had done this and that, and so they had not invited him. This very senior Vaishnava got up and started to walk toward the door. When asked why he was leaving, he said: "For such a small fault you have rejected him, but you do not know all the faults that I have. I know that if you were to find out about them, you would reject me as well. Before that happens, I decided to leave." That is the mood of a Vaishnava. He is as humble as a blade of grass. If we want to become Vaishnavas, we should not find faults in others. Those who are in management have the thankless task of identifying problems and trying to rectify them. We should leave that work to them. M...