Question: Yesterday it was said that when devotees have glorious qualities, we automatically appreciate them. But when we see that there are sometimes faults in the personal behavior of some devotees, how to practice seeing the good qualities in them, ignoring the faults?

Guru Maharaj: If you are responsible for that devotee, then you may have the duty to point out any defect. But if you are not over that devotee, if you see something that you think is a fault, you should decide not to do that. But see all the good qualities of the...

Question: I have understood and learnt that the word appearance and disappearance is only used for the acaryas and the spiritual masters, but now of late I am seeing that everybody is using that word for devotees’ birthdays. I just want to know if we can use it for few of the senior devotees who have dedicated themselves in Srila Prabhupada’s service over a period of time? Can you please enlighten me?

Guru Maharaj: Why not? A devotee never dies, he appears and disappears. The word Jayanti is reserved for Krishna’s appearance, because His appearance is very special. But everyone else appears and disappears. Of course, for the great saintly devotees, we celebrate...