Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja
Those who have come to the matha, to the guru's asrama, should not develop bodily consciousness. Don't talk about anything but Krishna. If you speak things like, "Oh, this is nutritious food, if you eat it then your health will be nice," that is prajalpa. Give up allprajalpa. Only speak krsna-katha. There should be no prajalpa in the matha. One should be very, very careful. Don't be a fault-finder. Don't see fault in others. "See good in others and see faults in yourself." That is the saying. The proportion varies, but everyone has some good and some bad in them. You should see the good in others and not see the bad. Then you will make advancement on this path of devotional service. Otherwise you will not make advancement. It's not your work to see other's faults. That is Gurudeva's duty. He has accepted that responsibility.
If there is some fault in another, he will slap that person and correct him. That is Gurudeva's duty to see fault, to see what is wrong with others. It is not your duty. Don't become fault-finders. You should think, "He is engaged in doing nice service.
I cannot do what he is doing. Just see how he is making advancement, how he has developed good qualities. I do not have such qualities." See all good things in others; don't see any wrong in them. Then you'll make advancement.
Take a vow: "I will never see anything bad in others. I will see all good in others and I'll see bad in myself." Practice this and see what good result comes.
— From a lecture in Bhubaneswar, 30 December 1995.
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