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\n\u201cHere in this material world, everyone is envious of someone else. Even in religious life, it is sometimes found that if one devotee has advanced in spiritual activities, other devotees are envious of him. Such envious devotees are not completely freed from the bondage of birth and death. As long as one is not completely free from the cause of birth and death, one cannot enter the san\u0101tana-dh\u0101ma or the eternal pastimes of the Lord. One becomes envious because of being influenced by the designations of the body, but the liberated devotee has nothing to do with the body, and therefore he is completely on the transcendental platform. A devotee is never envious of anyone, even his enemy. Because the devotee knows that the Lord is his supreme protector, he thinks, \u201cWhat harm can the so-called enemy do?\u201d Thus a devotee is confident about his protection. The Lord says, ye yath\u0101 m\u0101\u1e41 prapadyante t\u0101\u1e41s tathaiva bhaj\u0101my aham: \u201cAccording to the proportion of one\u2019s surrender unto Me, I respond accordingly.\u201d A devotee must therefore be completely free from envy, especially of other devotees. To envy other devotees is a great offense, avai\u1e63\u1e47ava-apar\u0101dha. A devotee who constantly engages in hearing and chanting (\u015brava\u1e47a-k\u012brtana) is certainly freed from the disease of envy, and thus he becomes eligible to go back home, back to Godhead.\u201d (purport to Srimad-Bhagavatam 9.11.23)<\/p>\n