When you hear a bad word spoken about a particular devotee

“When you hear a bad word spoken about a particular devotee, your ability to appreciate that devotee will be greatly diminished. And if you spend more time with such criticizing people, then you would think that it’s actually okay to say a few disparaging things about devotees. And this culture can grow up, and in fact, it has grown up. And it is not necessary. It is not something what great acharyas do, not something what advanced devotees do. In fact, I have noticed that advanced devotees are very very careful regarding entering discussions about devotees in a critical way. And so avoid blaspheming devotees – instead turn it around, and glorify them when the tongue wants to say something bad, or just don’t say anything at all, practice silence. And never ever ever, under any circumstance, write anything criticizing devotees especially on the internet, it disturbs many many people and and it is not necessary.”