Who is Vaishnava?

One who considers others problems and suffering as his own and then helps those suffering people without any pride, that person is called Vaishnava.

One who considers nobody as lower than him, never talks ill of anybody, never criticizes, keeps his mind, body and speech pure, is called Vaishnava and indeed that person gives greatest satisfaction and joy to his parents.

One who keeps same loving feeling for his friends as well as foes, who looks at other women as his mothers, who never lies, who never desires for other’s property, is called Vaishnava.

One who does not get affected by greed and delusion, who has achieved firmness in practicing vairagya, who forgets himself when he listens to the chanting of divine name Shrirama, is called Vaishnava. His body is considered as the holy place. One can get same benefit by seeing such Vaishnava as one would get by visiting all tirthakshetras.

One who is un-deceitful by nature, one who has achieved victory over anger and greed, is indeed called Vaishnava. By mere darshan of such person one can help his 71 previous generations, meaning entire lineage, to get into the path of liberation.