Al glories to srila prabhupad
hare krsna to all devotees
one of my devotee friend has cheated another devotee friend and she has suggested not to mingle with who has got cheated.So many bad thoughts overcoming my mind that she can also cheat me.Sumtimes I feel that krsna has helped me because that friendship is not so favarable in practice of bhakti.pls tel me how to overcome these thoughts.
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Krishna Mare to Rakhe Ke, Krishna Rakhe to Mare Ke. So just be normal and dont do anything where u are wrong. After that its Krishna's mercy.
Hari Bola.
YS.
Hare Krsna Mataji,
PAMHO.
If you are aware of the situation and friend A has cheated friend B, and now friend A is telling you not to mingle with friend B, then why are you listening? Use your judgement and choose your friends. You have to be polite under all circumstances, but you do not have to follow anyone, esp when you know that person is wrong. You cannot allow anyone to cheat you in the name of Krsna Consciousness. You have to be careful of friend A.
At the same time, keep your focus. Remember you are in the temple congregation to get closer to Krsna and not to A or B. Therefore, do your sadhana at all times diligently and keep these friendships as fringes. In a way, Krsna is teaching you the frivolousness of material relationships. Try not to indulge in prajalpa and concentrate on Krsna.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Rashmi
Usually mind we have to use only for thinking of Krishna by chanting Hare Krishna Mana Mantra on mind when we are not chanting it on beads.
Otherwise thinking of many things may make us unhappy. Because when we give freedom to mind mind starts to imagine things:
"oh what if she is lying to me?"
"Oh what is he is thinking of me like this or that?"
So better way is "let I be observed with taking care of the Root - Krishna and the tree will flourish along with all its leaves - other living beings, our problems...."
Your servant,