Sometimes we wonder why even when we have been singing the Holy Name for years, it doesn’t seem that we are moving forward. “The manifest deception and hypocrisy that are present in a devout even after adopting the path of sādhana are compared to the urine of an ass. Considering yourself deeply committed to the bhajana while being astute and hypocritical in the heart is like considering yourself pure when bathing in a donkey’s dirty and burning urine. A sādhaka should carefully abandon this trap.” Manah siksha, 6 In the meaning, Bhaktivinoda Thakur says that hypocrisy and deception stop spiritual advancement. That includes deception, politics, betrayals, looking side by side to see an injustice, etc., etc. If you don’t take this into account, everything else will