| Level | How should we behave? | How do we behave? |
|---|---|---|
| Seniors | We should be happy and try to learn from them | We feel envious |
| Juniors | We should be compassionate and try to raise them to the proper standard | We deride them and we feel superior |
| Equals | We must treat them as a friend | We are proud of our own activities |
Reference SB 4.8.34
We must always maintain the mood -- "Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- We address everyone as a prabhu/ mataji which means we think ourselves as a servant of all vaishnavas.
- One of you friends is very good at making deity jewellery and is helping the matajis with making them. The matajis also ask you for help as they have to get it ready for the next day. What will you do?
- You are making garlands with a senior mataji and another devotee comes and asks you something about a particular philosophical point that was not clear to them in the Sunday school class which you both attended.What will you do?
- Your new friend just finished honoring prasad and was called to the temple kitchen for a service. She forgot to wash her hands and started doing things in the kitchen. How will you react to this?
- You and your vaishnavi friends are participating in a singing competition in the temple . Your friend wins the competition.You will feel envy. What are things you should not be thinking so you dont feel envy?
- What if you were the one who won the competition? How would you deal with your friends?How would you accept this and who would you give credit to?