A lady, member of the congregation, went to her local Hare Krishna Temple president and said, I won’t be attending the Temple anymore.
He said, May I ask why??
She said I see people on their cell phones during the services, some are gossiping, some just ain’t living right, they are all just hypocrites…
The Temple president got silent, and he said, ok… But can I ask you to do something for me before you make your final decision?
She said, sure, what’s that?
He said, take a glass of water and walk around the Temple 2 times and don’t let any water fall out the glass.
She said, yes I can do that!
She came back and said it’s done.
He asked her 3 questions:
1. Did you see anybody on their phone?
2. Did you see anybody gossiping?
3. was anybody living wrong?
She said, I didn’t see anything because I was so focused on this glass, so the water wouldn’t fall.
He told her, when you come to Temple, you should be just that much focused on Krishna so that you don’t fall.
Don’t let your relationship with Lord Krishna be determined by how others relate with Him. Let it be determined by how focused *you* are on Him!