HARE KRISHNA.... JAI JAGANATH....
I strongly believe that in order to be a good devotee of krishna, we have to be good as a person as well. Bhakti yoga is not only about finishing our rounds, reading books, preaching and learning philosophies.....there is serious character building as well... as we progress in our spiritual life, we have to become better as a human..... we should be more polite, humble, truthful, sincere..well, these are actually the signs that show that we have progressed in our spiritual life
Now, the question is....how can there be devotees, chanting 16 rounds, doing tri - sandhya gayatri, reading books and preaching so well yet they are not able to display good attitude? I know this prabhu whose wife is also a devotee. He looks down on women....in general...he speaks harsh and vulgar words whenever he gets angry..... he gets angry for every single thing...doesn't have the patient to hear what others are trying to say..... very rude.....talks in a very harsh tone...
I am not blaming him but that is how he is and his wife is going through a hard time..... not to mention, beating his wife is something very common... i would like to know.... especially i would like to hear from the indians...is beating one's wife in the name of correcting her allowed in indian culture?
In mahabharat, shikandi was shooting rains of arrows on Bhishmadev..Bhishmadev knows for sure that shikandi is determined to kill him...He did not even counter attack him just because he knew that Shikandi was a woman in his previous birth.....now, that is a real man....how gentle he was..what an admirable character.... no wonder Krishna personally offered his respect when he was lying on the bed of arrows...
Why are some devotees,sorry to say especially indian men, why are they so harsh in nature despite their practice in bhakti yoga..
what can be done to change people like this?
kindly help....
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Dear devotee, Hare Krsna. A person who remains like a demon despite chanting must be chanting nama aparadha.
They may be subject to some severe reactions from the past life too. Vaisnava aparadhas.
It may soon be revealed such persons have some serious personal problems they never reveal to gurudev and are just make show before the vaisnavas and guru.
^Years pass but they do not improve.
So we can understand they are here for some other motive than devotion to Krsna.
Often these persons try their best to cover this up and get themselves into a big position in the institution where they can have some control and abuse others.
Wife beating and other degraded illicit acts is common among these demons.
Some are so secretive they are not so easy to detect.
Not all devotees are trained to avoid these tricky persons and therefore may be abused.
Sometimes a devotee may behave badly by accident and that can be excused but when it is seen that they are not rectifying themselves they must be avoided.
Devotees need to be assertive and not become manipulated by these rascals.
If by misfortune you happen to have married this person you should get expert advice before you leave him so you can live safely and continue in KC.
The association of these duplicitous persons will ruin your spiritual life.
In kali yuga there are many of them holding positions of power everywhere.
Keep away from them and let Krsna destroy them.