www.prabhupada.org.uk & www.myspace.com Sadhu [Saint] means ... First test is that with determination, without deviations. Api cet Sudur ... Bhaja mam-BHAK Ananya. Ananya-BHAK is that he does not know anything except the Lord's service. This is the qualification of sadhu. Just like in other places, the definition of the sadhu is there. Sadhu means titiksavah: he is very tolerant, because a sadhu has so many contradictory elements, and his face sometimes very aggressive, but mustto tolerate. Titiksavah. At the same time, karunikah, very kind. The same man who tortured, tortured, he is trying to convince him of Krishna. That means very merciful. He has not been rejected. Even if the torture, but tried to convince him, Krishna. Therefore karunikah. And he is no friend of a particular society or people. Suhrdah sarva-dehinam. He is the patron saint of all living beings. It does not matter if India, in America or in black and white. No, noConception. Or even human or animal. He is friendly to anyone, friend, protector of all. Ajata satravah. It does not create enemies. These ... These are the qualifications of the sadhus. [Srila Prabhupada from a conversation with Malcolm House, July 18, 1973, London Note]: Although so Tamal and co. tortured Prabhupada His Divine Grace was trying to convince them about Krishna. The thing that Prabhupada describes himself as a sadhu [is] above, reveals itself most clearly insuper good ...
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