Saint Tulsidas

Tulsidas was a great Saint. He was a devotee of Lord Rama. Before He became a Saint, He performed regular spiritual practice for many years as a seeker. During that period, He used to feel that Lord Rama is superior to all other deities and would not even glance at another deity's image.

Once Tulsidas went to Dwarka (a city in modern day state of Gujrat, India, which is a birthplace of Lord Krushna) to visit Nandadas, a devotee of Lord Krushna. On reaching there, he found Nandadas in the Krushna temple. Tulsidas could not bear to look at the idol of Lord Krushna. He could not understand why Nandadas worshipped Lord Krushna instead of Lord Rama.

Nandadas was saddened by Tulsidas' incorrect attitude towards other dieties. He prayed to Lord Krushna to help his friend. Within minutes, the idol of Krushna was transformed into that of Lord Rama. Immediately, Tulsidas realised His mistake. He realised that both were different forms of the same Lord and none was superior to the other. He felt repentant and tears started rolling down His cheeks. He hugged the idol and asked the Lord to forgive Him. Nandadas was happy too, as Tulsidas had finally realised the Truth. Both felt gratitude towards the Lord.