The 26 Qualities of a Pure Devotee of God or Krishna, Part 1, by Haripada dasa

 The 26 Qualities of a Pure Devotee of God or Krishna, Part 1, by Haripada dasa

I will put this message in three parts:

1- He is always kind to everyone: People suffer from lack of God or Krishna consciousness, people have forgotten God or Krishna, and the devotee of God tries to distribute Krishna consciousness to people without discriminating against anyone, he Krishna's devotee is even kind to his enemy, when Durvasa Muni offended Maharaja Ambarisa, the king prayed to Krishna for the sage, and when Durvasa Muni threw himself at the lotus feet of Maharaja Ambarisa asking for forgiveness for his offenses he said that now I have recognized the devotees of God, although I have offended you, you have prayed for my good fortune.

2- He never seeks complaints: Srila Prabhupada bought land in Bombay from Mr. Nair, this person was very powerful, president of two newspapers, president of the supreme justice, etc., Mr. Nair had already swindled the C. Company He took away their money and land, now he wanted to do the same with Srila Prabhupada, but backfired, for having done so many offenses to Srila Prabhupada, he soon died, it is said in Krishna's book in relation to Kamsa that the demons because of their offenses reduce their lives, they lose the shine of the body, etc. Then Mr. Nair's wife threw herself at Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet and apologized for all the offenses, and Srila Prabhupada told her that you are like my daughter to me, you will never lack for anything.

3- His interest is in the essence of life, which is spiritual: That is what paramahansa or the great swan means, the swan has a quality that from a mixture of water and milk, it will take the milk and leave the water , spiritual means in the service of Krishna or God and His devotees, things when used in the service of Krishna are spiritualized.

4- He is fair with everyone: That comes in the verse of The Bhagavad gita pandita sama darsinaha, the humble sage by virtue of his true knowledge sees with the same vision a learned brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog eater.

5- No one can find fault in him: Srila Prabhupada said many times that materialists criticize devotees out of envy, he called them annoying people, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada said that one who is always used to criticizing others will never prosper.

6- His mind is magnanimous. Santa Teresa de Ávila of Spain used to say that the mind is the crazy person in the house, if you go down the street and you meet a crazy person who has escaped from the asylum and starts saying crazy things, what will you do? In the same way our mind is always telling us nonsense, and we must ignore it, when our mind is purified it will tell us devotional things, there we must pay attention, I advise you to read the mana siksa or preaching to the mind of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, pure nectar .

7- His mind is always pure. Keto darpanam marjanam, by chanting the Hare Krishna maha mantra we purify the mind of all material contamination.

8- His mind is always sharp. When we have a pure mind we will never forget Srila Prabhupada or Krishna or God and everything related to Them.

9- His mind is always devoid of material obsessions: Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his mana siksa says that the root of all the undesirable things that are in our heart is that one wants respect from others, Srila Prabhupada always said that they do not demand respect but inspire respect.

10- He is a benefactor for all living entities. It was Srila Rupa Gosvami who glorified Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu by saying that he was the greatest benefactor as he was giving Krishna consciousness or pure love for Godhead to everyone, and our Srila Prabhupada is the commander-in-chief of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's spiritual forces, Please don't see Srila Prabhupada as the guru of a few people, no, that is a big mistake, let's see Srila Prabhupada as the Jagat-guru the guru of the universe.