A recorded Q&A session (July 1, 2025, Kolkata) where His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj answers devotees' questions about preaching, chanting, reading Srila Prabhupada’s books, Banaprastha (householder vs renounced life), overcoming anarthas and pride, and practical tips for daily devotional routines. The tone is devotional and instructional, with speaker exchanges in English and Bengali and frequent devotional phrases (Hare Krishna).
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Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj, I would like to help you in your preaching mission. Please kindly tell me how I can preach more and more. Srila Prabhupada now has told me to preach unlimitedly. So I am not able to do this fully.
I need your help.
I need your help. Krishna Ralben. When you all please tell anyone you meet, anyone you be with, you tell them about the good qualities of Krishna, the pastimes of Krishna and tell them about Krishna. Enchant Hare Krishna. Hare Krishna Maha Mantra. Hare Krishna Maharaj. Please accept my humble obeisances. I am very much inspired by your life and service attitude towards Prabhupada and his mission. I am full of anarthas and material desires. But after seeing the dedication of senior devotees and your sacrifices, now I want to serve you in Prabhupada's mission. Please give some advice. How can I assist you? Although I am having so much material desires and anarthas, I need your blessings. Maharaj. Your servant, Preity Sundar Das.
Is she here?
Yes, he's right there on your left. Stand up please.
So if you read Prabhupada books you get the degrees.
If you read Prabhupada's books and you get the degrees. I have all of these degrees. Many, many ideas are given within these courses. How you can preach.
And how people accept what you're saying that's important.
And how people accept what you are saying that is important. Shrina. Guru Maharaj. Guru Maharaj, is it possible to follow the Banaprastha Ashram while remaining in the house? If it is possible, how we should practically implement it.
That's a great God.
That's a big question.
I know you watch her.
Whether you remain in the householder life or you remain in the forest, you should chant the holy names of the Lord now after remaining in the house for many years.
And so with your wife.
So with your wife. If you desire or if you make up your mind that you would like to accept the Banapasthashram. Banaprastamani. The meaning of Banaprastha is.
Stream. There are four levels of.
Oh, there are four levels of Bana Prastha.
Three levels there.
First three levels Are husband and wife together? Pratham Tinti star. They go to different holy places together. Or they engage in different services of Krishna together. But with complete self control. Sense control. In the fourth stage, the husband can, like Brahmacharis, take up the saffron robes like Brahmacharis. Then the Grihasta will not go to sleep with the wife. Amarunati, Shadan, Kiki Ektokripakara, Bolban Apnar Charani, Amar Manushik Opera, Ojago Santan Chanda Mukhya Nitya Nandadas. Here.
How?
How can I understand whether I am advancing in Ka consciousness in devotional service or not? What are these symptoms? Can you please tell me? And I have mentally offended you. Please can you forgive me? Bangla. Bangla. Bangla.
Ha.
Yesterday I have explained how the different stages of devotional services. And from this you should understand which step or which level you are on. Especially the level after initiation that is trying to get rid of all the Anarthas, the bad habits. In this way you can very easily understand which level you are at in the nectar of devotion. This is very elaborately explained. Hare Krishna. Guru Maharaj, please accept my humble obeisances. You never miss reading Prabhupada books even after having so many services and responsibilities? I also take commitment to read Prabhupada books 30 minutes daily. But due to services and preaching, I miss it many times. Kindly give me some tips. How to make reading Prabhupada books a daily habit like you do. Your servant. Achitananda Akshayadas Guru Maharaj Apne Kokonoy Prabhupada Grantho minimum Amagar apna kichu Paramar Shadim Kicho tips Din Kivi ami Prabhupada habitami kurta Parijata.
If you give a particular time that you read your books, that may help you every day.
If you give it a particular time to read the books that may help you.
It's not rocket science. Not rocket science.
It's not rocket science.
I'm busy all the day, then I read at night.
If I am busy all throughout the day, then I read at night. Thank youk Guru Maharaj. Hare Krishna Maharaj Dallavat Pranam. I find it very difficult to overcome the habit of being judgmental and seeing faults in others. I seek your help to overcome it. Is the question person here? The person who wrote this question, Are you here? Okay. Hare Krishna, my dear most eternal spiritual master. Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and you Shila. Guru Maharaj. Every day we should offer three times obeisances to the spiritual master. And one has to attend the Guru Puja. If by mistake somehow I miss any day then what should I do as repentance for the great mistake? Your unworthy spiritual daughter Sharadan Vita Radhika Devidasi Guru Maharaj. Sharadhanvita, are you here? Yes, Guru Maharaj. She is here.
Okay, so you can attend. He can attend the temple.
If you can attend the temple Guru Puja.
If you can't.
If you can't then at least offer flowers to your Guru's picture. Next. Hare Krishna Srila Guru Maharaj Coarse Adi Guru Maharaj. My question is after doing Bhakti Vedanta Bhakti Sarbha Bhoma course, how can I become freed of all pride and serve with all humility preach. And how can I not be proud? And how can I also in the name of being humble don't end up being a lazy person? His question is how can I not become puffed up after doing Bhaktivedamda and Bhakti Sarabhu Bhoma? And how can I also not become lazy in the name of being very humble? Last thing is how can I not be lazy in the name of being humble? Bangla Prashno. I was reading the Chaitanya Charitamita and Srimad Bhagavatam. Why should I become puffed up? When we read practically every page tells us to become humble.
So how?
Why should we become puffed up? After reading all that there is opportunity to learn the science of devotional service. And one of the part of this process is that one should become humble.
As a.
Now this is such a big vast subject matter that within such a short time I cannot explain everything to you.
So we want to please Krishna sir.
We want to please Krishna. And Krishna will not be happy if we become proud. So it's 10 o'.
Clock.
Can we try to leave now?
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