A recorded Q&A session delivered by His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj in Kolkata on June 22, 2023, in Bengali/English/Hindi. The speaker answers devotees' questions about understanding divine pastimes and devotees' manifestations, how to choose an initiating spiritual master, the seriousness of criticizing pure devotees (noting a list of "10 offenses" and that blaspheming devotees is grave), guidelines on male–female interactions, and the gradual nature of spiritual progress (Krishna consciousness) including coping with maya and the impermanence of life.
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Whatever questions will be in whichever language, I will speak that language. Bengali, English, little Hindi. Please accept my humble obeisances. We hear Accepted. We hear that some personalities like Ramandaro are combination of two persons. Like Arjun and Vishakha Sati. How to understand this? Hare Krishna Maharaj Amra Suni, Jamaica.
Sometimes Pandarai would be a friend of Lord Jenna.
Sometimes Namandarai would be a friend of Lord Chaitanya. And sometimes Ravanangaraya would serve Lord Chaitanya in his Madhuriya Rasa activities. Wow. When Lord Chaitanya was in the Madhuriya Rajav in the Gopi house at that time Ravananda Roy would quote him Slokas Japan.
So in this way the Lord is our.
So in this way, sometimes devotees of Lord Chaitanya would manifest. And sometimes they would manifest Mangalpuras. Next question.
Hare Krishna Maharaj.
I want to ask for help for initiation. But I am unable to choose out of so many initiating spiritual masters. Whenever I listen to some exalted personality, I tend to take inspiration from him. Please guide me so that I can choose. I can choose someone. Maharaj, you see, is our founder. Therefore and he had a special mellow by Nitayan Gore. So if the spiritual master by his teaching brings you closer to the spiritual mask. If you feel that Srila Prabhupada is speaking to you, through this spiritual master.
We were closer to perfection.
And if somehow you feel that through the spiritual, through particular spiritual master, you feel closer to Ka.
Or if you are feeling more afraid and more.
Particular. Or if you feel that if you feel more faith by following a particular spiritual master. Atoba Umar Follow wishes. I have a list that is 15 ways you can see whether this person is your spiritual master. If you want, I can bring that tomorrow. You want? Yes. Ninda Cortelli oh. What Very dangerous. First offense. Bozai Sonena Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj Dhandavat Prana. I have heard that you should not criticize the pure devotees. My parents, they do not understand. And they do this. Is this right? I have tried to reason with them a lot, but they don't listen.
Hare Krishna Guru maharaj unlawful.
There's 10 offenses in chanting the holy.
Name.
And the first offense is to blaspheme. The pure devotee of the Holy Name is worse than sin. Sin is something mysterious. You stole or you lie. These are sins.
If you do.
But if you do something against a pure devotee. That is a pure devotee is very dear to Lord Krishna. By blaspheming a pure devotee, it's a big obstacle on your path to devotional service.
But also in the past year we see Mahapujin so what lesson we can get as a male or female. How cautious one should be in living with the opposite person.
Of not when we are dealing with the opposite gender. We see that Chetanya Mahu never forgave us. So what lesson we get as a male or female of course in our dealings with the opposite gender. But he forgave him at a later period of time. But in the meantime totally does left his body at prayer. At prayer. So he asked where is Sota Haridas Kartana? Because Lord Chaitanya because mentality was wrong. Therefore Lord Chaitanya was not pleased with any. This means so. And therefore he said, you do not see me again. At a later period of time he wanted to see some of us. So we can understand that he forgave him. But it was much later. So the Bhagavad.
How I should choose?
Actually Bhakti Sridantra Sasajit Thakur he wrote how one should choose the spouse. The spouse? Do you want.
To choose a spouse?
He said that one should choose a spouse whose strong arm is not the.
Question.
Who is spiritually advanced. Just like I was saying today that the husband and wife should discuss how we can please Guru and Krishna and Lord Chaitanya Samistri. Next question.
Hare Krishna.
Guru Maharaj, please accept my respectful obeisances. Many times Maya repeats and I feel very much embarrassed. What should I do to get projected and courage not to fall again Your servant. Yeah. Many times Maya defeats me and I feel very much embarrassed. What should I do to get protected and courage not to fall against Amad Maya Maki Parastopare. That's why Krishna consciousness Srila Prabhupada said is a gradual process. When you are a new baby, you fall down a few times. But as you grow up, you shouldn't fall down. A three year old child still cry alone. But if you are 12 year old boy or a girl, you should not fall so frequently. So like that as you advance in Ka consciousness you get stronger. Guru Maharaj, my respectful obeisance is unto you. Why does the Lord many times take Our dear ones. Keep our dear ones with us for a little while and then take them away from us. Like who after?
So.
Everybody has got a time. Everything has an expiry date. Like for example, some medicine will have an expiry date. I went to see my previous ashram brother in Minnesota, Amasamasta Shisho Vaktobinda Chate. But I had a closer relationship with my disciple. Devotees, devotee, disciples. Anyway, one of my disciples have brought some medicines for my. As we remain in these bodies as long as we are destined to. Generally we think that if we do this we will be happy. And as a result, after this body we will get another body. Some people think that if I am rich then I will be happy. Some people think if I am a woman I will be happy. And this kind of people are there. They think if I am a man then I'll be happy in such a way. They think that if I was a pig I would be happy. And in this way, in that way we again and again repeatedly take birth. And we take on different bodies due to those desires. But if we think that I will be happy by serving Krishna, then our repeated birth and death comes to an.
End.
And we shall return to the abode of the Lord by Kunta. We shall not take birth, we shall not die. And it will be an eternal life for forever.
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