From Whatsapp:

"Hare krishna Gurudev. Dandavat pranam unto your lovely feet. Hope by Gods grace you are fine in all respect. Gurudev please help me to get out of one doubt that some time i find and become suddenly angry when I see very very small ants are roaming inside deities aason although i do cleaning daily in the morning and evening before daities sleeping. Is it inexcusable sin? I am sorry to kill your valuable time. Again dandavat pranam unto your lotus feet."

HpS - AgtSP. paoho. Sorry slow to answer. Have fever from too much geriatric athletics in Ekadasi while fasting in very hot weather!

We have ants also. They do not bite unless they get trapped under our clothes and that is little irriation.

We are so, so clean. We try to find their tunnel doorways and put sealing paste on them, but then keep on finding new entrances.

Even there is sprinkling of mango drops on our sink they come in great crowds and devout it.

Also a mouse who eats things.

Krsna das Kapiraja, Srila Prabhupada, say that this is the material world. There are ants everywhere. They are to push us to more and more cleanliness. Deciding what things we can protect eg. putting saucers of water under the altar feet so they can't get in.

Yet, ultimately surrendering to the protection of the Hari nama Sankirtan.

Fight them to the best of your ability, but look at them like weeds that walk. They have no more intelligence, nor malicious intent.

O.K.??

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