Handling disagreements without resentment

Narada Muni had been instructing Maharaj Priyavrata in the details of renounced life. Lord Brahma instructs Maharaj Priyavrata to accept household life and responsibilities of ruling over the planet and give up the renounced order.

Narada Muni and Maharaj Priyavrata did not feel any resentment with this happening as they are not attached to their opinion. They were only attached to what is good for the service of the Lord and thus bore no resentment in their heart and offered due respect to Lord Brahma.They both saw Lord Brahma as their superior and as one who was carrying out the service of the Lord.

SB 5.1.21: Lord Brahmā was then worshiped by Manu, who respectfully satisfied him as well as he could. Priyavrata and Nārada also looked upon Brahmā with no tinges of resentment. Having engaged Priyavrata in accepting his father's request, Lord Brahmā returned to his abode, Satyaloka, which is indescribable by the endeavor of mundane mind or words.


To not feel resentment when being advised by two different authorities especially when one direction maybe different from the longing of our heart:

• When we are being guided by two different devotees , who are both representatives of the Lord our attitude should be to neglect neither of them and to use our intelligence to follow the advise of both. Apparently Maharaj Priyavrata was being inspired in different ways by Narada Muni and Lord Brahma. SP write in the purport to SB 5.1.12 that "Priyavrata should neglect neither of them but should use his intelligence to follow the advice of both".
  
• He then elaborates to explains "material affairs, should be accepted without attachment. and everything should be dovetailed with the service of the Lord."
• Thus our goal should be service in KC, if that is in place we will not have any resentment with following authority.
• Maharaj Priyavrata as an ideal disciple left his personal desires aside at the call of service.
  
• However if we do feel resentment, a thorough examination of our consciousness will reveal to us our attachments and that are services are still on the material platform.

To not have resentment when the person whom we are guiding is guided by another devotee with an apparently different instruction:

• This can be learned from Narada Muni's example.
• He did not feel any resentment in his heart as he saw Lord Brahma's instruction in line with service to the Lord.
• The instruction maybe apparently different but at the core it is in line with service to the Lord - the goal of all instructions.