Love sees no faults. A young man from a noble family of Calcutta had fallen in with undesirable companions and through their influence had taken drugs. This was very painful for his relatives, who tried their best to correct his behaviour, but all their efforts failed. In desperation, his brother, who was a monk, sought the help of Premananda. Premananda quietly listened to his story, and then went to visit the boy. After a long talk, he convinced him to come to the monastery for a visit the following day, which he did. He continued to come to Belur many times afterwards. Gradually, the spiritual presence of Premananda began to change his character. “How much tenderness and affection he bestowed on me,” he recalled later. “My relatives and friends abandoned me, but his love sustained me. He knew all my misdeeds, and still he loved me!” Eventually he renounced the world and joined the Order as a monk. (Source: God Lived with Them)
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