Question: Even when I desire not to do mental offences, it still pops up in my mind. So how to get rid of this?

Jayapataka Swami: If we think how devotees are so dear to Lord Krsna and how can we think these things against them? So we should remind ourselves that every devotee is very dear to Krsna and therefore, we should not think or speak or do anything offensive. Although in the kali yuga, thinking something is not the same as doing it. In the other yugas, if you thought something offensive, you get the reaction. In kali yuga, you have to do that. You have to speak or do something. But if a bad thought comes in your mind, you should drive it out and not think of it again. And then you won’t get the reaction. But if you think of it and let linger in your mind, you think of thinking about it, that is dangerous. So one should avoid thinking or harboring such an envious thought. Haribol!
24-OCTOBER-2019 SRIDHAM MAYAPUR, INDIA