Recorded question-and-answer session given by His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj on November 15, 2023 in Sri Ramayapur, India. The session discusses devotees facing family opposition while practicing bhakti (devotional service), strategies to stay motivated (chanting Hare Krishna, emulate Haridas Thakur, ignore or explain to critics), and brief mentions of specific devotees requesting blessings.
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There are devotees who are facing lots of problem from their families in doing bhakti. So what should my answer to them to make them keep going? There are devotees who are are facing problem because of the family, because they are practicing devotional service. So what should this devotee tell them to motivate them so that to get them going in devotional service.
They are taking problems from their family?
Yeah. They're getting problem from the family. Yeah.
Gating problem or they're taking problems?
Gating problems. The family is giving them problem. Oh.
That'S primarily giving problems.
So what should we tell to the devotee to whom the family is giving problems?
Tell them haral.
Tell them haribol.
I mean, I don't know why this family is giving problems I don't know.
Why this family is giving problems to the devotee. To the devotee.
And he asked a question, he asked a question how to keep them motivated.
How to keep them motivated.
So does that mean that because of the problems of the family does that.
Mean that because of the problems offered by the family, they're not motivated? They are not motivated.
I mean this material world, we have.
Ups and downs I mean in this material world we have ups and downs.
And Adi atmic, adi bio in their.
Adi atmic, adiabatic adi devicles.
So we should get some miseries.
We should get some miseries so that.
We don't think that material life.
That we don't think that the material life is very nice.
Material life not nice.
Material life is not nice. Lots of crazy people who like to cause trouble. Somehow or other you have to. I have to chant Hare Krishna.
So then you explain things.
What was the argument?
Some people you explain things.
Some people you explain things.
Some people, yeah, I ignore things.
Some people you ignore. Ignore things.
What is? Yes, sir, it's worse than I die.
Because what is useful for each person, it may vary.
One thing is just because of other people.
One thing is just because of other people.
We want give up chanting and serving.
We don't give up chanting and serving.
If I soma, and still.
In some way, if you can, if in some way you can instill enthusiasm to these people and then do that and then so you do that and then do that.
Say like Hara Thakura. He has always chanting Hare Krishna.
If not be like Haridas Thakur, he was always chanting Hare Krishna.
My son. Children. They are so long made Harid and salted.
Some of them made Harida Stakur feel insulted.
And they would say Hare Haare.
Some children. And the children would say Hare Kirna. Hare Krishna.
And then Haratharua.
Then Harida Stakur would chant more. Covering his ear, covering his ears. Oh no. Hare Krishna. Hare Krishna. So they thought, oh, making fun of him hurts.
So they would chant more and more.
So they would chant more and more.
Soccer was inwardly very healthy.
So in this way Haridas Thakur was inwardly very happy.
Because they are chanting more Hare Krishna.
Because they were chanting more Hare Ka.
But that was by looking that he was suffering.
But that was by looking that he was suffering.
So what works?
So what works for each person? You're making a funny face. Makes him chant more. All right then. All right. Hare Krishna. Gurudev.
Hare Krishna.
Okay. Please accept my humble obeisances.
I saw that.
Okay. In this flickering world, flickering mind how to offer our heart easily to Lord Gauranga, Your servant Shri Gauranga Priya Devidasi.
Lord Chaitanya knows what this world is like.
Lord Chaitanya knows what this world is like.
I will attempt to offer your heart.
If you attempt to offer your heart to Lord Goranga, he will accept that. Guru Maharaj, there are devotees from Pune 852. Gurumej, there are two devotees from Pune. Shri Goranga, Priya, Devi Dasi. I think the one who asked question just now, Radhananda Prabhu is a disciple of Lokunath. Swami Shri Gaurangapriya is your disciple. And their children Vaishnavi and Yadunand. They are here, Guru Maharaj. Where are they? So they are requesting for your blessings, Shila. Guru Maharaj.
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