Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Vaisnava etiquette

  • Etiquette means external manners and conduct.
  • Etiquette helps us become free from our original envy and desire to be enjoyers and controllers.
  • A faultless etiquette increases ones fame, wealth, longevity, and destroys everything inauspicious.
  • Proper Vaisnava etiquette purifies the heart and consciousness.
  • Etiquette is the ornament of the Vaisnava.
  • Practicing etiquette is action in the mode of goodness.
  • A devotee’s advancement can be seen by how humble he is, how well he behaves, and how disciplined and cultivated he is.