Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj answers questions about Krishna consciousness in Kolkata. Topics include how to handle parents who fear renunciation, what to do when senior devotees give conflicting advice (follow your spiritual master), and how to understand harsh treatment from spiritual authorities as a form of blessing.
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Last night we gave out the Bhakti Shastri certificates. That means people have studied Bhagavad Gita Vishwa Punisher, Bhakti Rasamitha Center. So there are many courses that Srila Prabhupada established in ISKCON and the Bhakti Viber is the first six Kandas endures of the Srivath Bhagavata. So study, translation and the practice. So I hope that you all will take this degree. So we'll start the KUK session. Please accept my respectful obeisances. Sometimes it happens that. Sometimes it happens that when we are practicing Krishna consciousness then our parents are fearful of us that we renounce everything. And they don't want to allow us to proceed further. How should we deal with our balance in that condition?
The marriage.
My parents were very happy. I thought my parents were very happy that I came with.
The power.
My father, he said you should completely give up your consciousness. Otherwise I send you to Vietnam to die there. But I thought my father would be happy. And my mother, she came home and.
She talked to me.
So anyways I told Sh. Prabhupada, my father, he wants me to go to the American heart. So I'm a member of Krishna's army.
Ever since.
After eight years.
After eight years my father changed.
The son, son of the son, father.
Of the father is. The father.
Was on his death and he was talking to the priest and.
He was talking about.
You think they will be Indian parents because they are very affectionate towards the children. It's not difficult with the Indian parents because they are very affectionate towards their children. So there are different things that one can do. So once my mother appreciated what I.
Was doing.
She went and talked to other mothers and fathers. So it's not so bad your sons be part of the Hare Krishna movement.
Parents don't like to hear.
Older parents, they don't like to hear to the children.
The parents don't like to hear.
The.
Parents, they don't like to hear from their children.
Tell mama.
So.
But you can have some people of the same age to talk to them. Please accept my humble obeisances. What's the best way to express our gratitude for Srila Prabhupada. What's the best way to express our gratitude to Srila Prabhupada? Your servant Nohil and carrying out his instructions.
You want to fill yourself with Moses.
He wants yourself to feel. He wants all of you to see yourself sense of the blessings of Maya and go back home back to northeast. How do we revise different amongst senior devotees? And what to do if they are.
Giving contradictory instructions.
And we take his.
Opinion.
And there are different opinions. Then we take the opinion of our spiritual master. Quoting from Srila Prabhupada. You mentioned many times that all the blessed disciples should become Paramahamsa. How a conditioned soul can reach Paramahamsa Stage.
Pasa. So the swan is able to separate the mixture of milk and water. He release the water and take the means able to make us spiritual and material. What they can do to please Krishna.
Terrorist faith.
Normally the recognistic couple. They discuss how we can enjoy life. So.
Don'T tell.
Next question from Swami Sheikh. How to become non envious and mature impression consciousness. He told he's not the maid of drowsy to offer respects to others and not to expect any respect for ourselves. When we do Guru Puja. If that if some guest comes to us when we are doing Guru Puja even at that time any devotee comes to us. Then what should we do? As our first priority to finish the worship of my spiritual master or to receive that devotee Is the God gather of the spiritual master or the ear of the spiritual master. How can. How can I get out of the tendency of committing Vaishnavara even mentally how to cultivate? This is the first question.
How to get out of the tendency.
Of committing Vaishnavara in a mentality respects the others. And we will avoid because of X how much how to calculate the visionary at the gear Initially it.
Now under the mission.
Shiki life is there. You will be automatically activating your spiritual life. Hi Krishna. How to cultivate dependence on Krishna? How to cultivate dependence on Krishna? How.
It's a how to question how to cultivate dependence on Krishna?
So as one practices gradually depend becomes dependent on Krishna. Don't do it anyway you should see the good qualities in others.
So.
I was reading the section of the marriage of Kuni and Dev and I was feeling sexually education by reading the description of their union to procreate children. I was thinking that by reading Srimad Bhagavatam I am supposed to rise above the sex desire but here it's happening. Otherwise why is it so? And how I can get rid of this problem?
Java.
Shamba Shanta.
True.
So in k It is one of the provisions to make the sanas. They don't. They don't do the karma. Normally they have to stay in the ashra. They have to stay in the association of the devotees.
How are the horns?
It's not like the previous ages where the sannyasis they go to the forest. For most people they are recommended to get married and gradually get free from materialistic desire. Says that what should get married to someone who's more spiritually advanced. So Karlamoni he told his wife, you stay in the garage ashram, we will give her a child. She experienced material pleasure.
She told her outward.
So then she told her husband that she wants to get a sign.
So worship.
In the Jangam saga.
Instruction.
Took sanyas. But she received the instruction from her son. And that is the subject of the bird candle. Why did Lord Nithyananda kick Sivananda same and cursed his family for no good reason? Why does the supreme Lord act in such inconceivable way? To affect the fate of devotee like Shri Kanta in this episode your servant Raj Gobinath Das.
To affect the faith of devotees like Sri Lanka. In this episode.
He appreciated the gift by Lord. So spiritual master sat sometimes chastise the devotee who can take it. So one time came into his capital in New York. New York. So everyone one bow down to Sha Prabhupada Showing your feet to the deities. Used his stick and hit Brahmananda Prabhu.
You know.
He was upset because everybody they put their feet towards the deity. But why he was single.
Now.
Mother.
Mother teaches her daughter in law and chastising her daughter.
Mother teaches the daughter in law by chastising the daughter.
This is on set.
So like that he took it as a blessing for he made Lord lieutenant that.
I mean, there was a lot of difficulty.
A lot of the mothers.
And like lieutenant he was very humorous. He would do things very special. I'll give you punishment.
Talk to them out there.
Punishment was the key. The feast of the Cheetah and fruits. Actually for Raghunathas it's not a big thing.
Millionaire.
Those days.
Those days cheap rice and mangoes were very cheap. So why this was a punishment very merciful.
Sa. So from the time I come to Krishna bosses this I started feeling that I very fallen and I very sinful.
Is it okay?
Started feeling very sinful.
Is it okay? Like that?
Is it okay to think like that.
Sam.
So you should think of yourself as very sinful, very fallen and should be always in a humble state of mind. Humble state of mind. One should not lose their enthusiasm.
Should.
They should be very enthusiastic not to remain in the foreign state.
So.
Yeah, if someone thinks that I have been fallen that I cannot practice.
Because apply Guru practice Krishna consciousness.
Because we are very sinful. That's why we should practice Krishna Consciousness. So in that way we can solve our problem.
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