Re: We should always treat others in the way we expect them to treat us.

"Familiarity breeds contempt" is a symptom of mundane relationships, not spiritual relationships with Guru and Vaishnavas. In Bhakti Sanga, the propensity to find faults should be given up totally and one should get inspired by only the good devotional qualities of other devotees. If one finds many faults in a devotee's character, then one should go away from his or her association but one should not criticize or be too much judgemental of that devotee. If the association is purely spiritual, then one will feel more bliss as one associates or knows one's Guru and the devotees more and more instead of contempt which is found in mundane relationships. So if we feel contempt in spiritual association, the fault likes with us not the person whom we feel contempt towards. Nityaananda!! Gauraanga!! Hare Krishna!!

Daaso'smi, BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada.

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