20251011 Question and Answer Session in Chennai, India #JayapatakaSwamiArchives

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Ishwara.

Are they om tatsuk for today.

So today is the disappearance day of Narottam Das Thakur.

Narottam Das Thakur.

Prabh Lord considered that his songs were non different than Shastra.

And Prabhupada considered his songs like non different than Shastras.

He would hold them and his follow them. Losses and actions.

He would quote them in his Bhagavatam lectures.

Was born as a crown prince and royal dynasty.

Narutam Das Thakur was born as a crown prince in a royal dynasty. But he was born with all auspicious qualities. Long arms, golden complexion, Conch like neck.

And he had great devotion a Lord Krishna from his birth.

And he had great devotion for Lord.

Krishna from his birthday.

I went to Vrindavan at an early age.

He went to Vrindavan at an early age. After taking initiation from Lokanath Goswami.

He took Shiksha from Dhu Goswami and Shikshana.

He took Siksha from Jeeva Goswami and other six Goswamis. So he became a great devotee of Lord Caitanya.

Mahaprabharam, Bhaktaraga Urvana.

He abdicated the soul and reigned devotional service.

He abdicated the throne and went into devotional service. Then he returned to Keturi. He had an appearance day of Lord Chaitanya festival. They installed six deities.

What's the name? Lady. Janua Devi. Our king. The entourage and she presided over the whole ceremony.

Janava Devi. She came with her entourage and she presided over the whole ceremony.

And then Ajakastudo, Lord Chaitanya and all his associates they appeared there. People would see them directed directly. They could see Lord Chaitanya. A loyalty disappeared from the world many years before.

And although Lord Chaitanya had disappeared many years before. But Lord Chaitanya and his associates appeared in that festival. And people could see them directly.

In the Bolagil, Marindar and Dalam.

We should have such a festival. That we unite the whole Gaudiya Sampradaya.

A few words.

I said a few words about Narottam Das Thakur.

I was told that today should be a question and answer day.

I was told that today should be a question and Answer day.

So as you have written down your questions.

So have you written down your questions?

Yes, Maharaj. Yes, Guru Maharaj.

Sanjam Lao.

So please write your questions and send them here in English, Tamil, English, Tamil, Hindi. Hindi.

You know Hindi.

So the first.

Bengali also. I know Bengali.

Guru Maharaj, the first question is from Krishna Kumar Tamil. Whether shiksha under Siksha guru can awake one's Krishna Premiere or Diksha is mandatory to awake one's Ka praying.

In any case, on the level of Bhakti Kriya, one should take Diksha.

See. In any case, on the level of Bhakti Kriya, one should take Diksha.

Bhakti Kriyavaram, Dikshay Erka Veendam.

You start practicing, chanting, applying the regular.

Branjals and you start chanting and following the four regulatory principles. And acting in your devotional service.

If you are able rise, rose and source under the guidance of your spiritual master.

So if you are able to rise in your devotional service under the guidance of your spiritual master.

I think Thakur says every step.

On.

Our corrosion service horizon is a step of Prema.

So Bhakti Vinod Thakur said our every step in Bhakti of rising is a step towards Prema.

And we reached stage of ecstatic love of Krishna.

Then we reach the stage of ecstatic love for Krishna.

Which is known as Pava or Rati.

Which is known as Bhava or Rati.

Now our Trisha guru is also a Sikhsha guru.

Now our Diksha guru is also a Siksha guru.

Diksha Guru, Siksha Guru, Siksa Guru Dhan.

One has one Siksha guru and many Sikhs.

One has one Diksha guru but many Siksha gurus.

So.

One of those Shiksha gurus helps you to rise.

So if any of those or one of those Siksha gurus help you to rise.

That's to their credit.

That's to their credit.

When you actually realize Krishna, you move from Bhagava to Raina.

Now when you actually realize Krishna, you move from Bhava to Prema.

How many of you have seen the Maha Guzhaar Kharaj?

How many of you have seen Mahavatar Narasimh movie?

A thing I liked most of all in that movie.

I think I like most of all in that movie.

Allah said all are born family are not wholehearted.

But when Prahlad said I am born in a demoniac family, I am not qualified. To see you my Lord, I'm not qualified. But in spite of that I desire soul. Then the Lord appeared to him.

So who taught you the right attitude?

So who taught you this attitude? Your Shiksha guru, Siksha gurus, your teachers? Who.

Can say that?

Maybe you can say.

You are fighting in this battle.

You are fighting in this battle.

Seven gurus are helping along the way.

And different gurus are helping you along the way.

So it's a harmonization and always for you to do it.

It's a combination. But ultimately it's for you to do.

Guru maharaj, The second question, whether one should do preaching to a large number of people or they should preach to a select number of people to make them good devotees in a few numbers, whether preaching should be done on a large scale or it should be done on a small scale to make them good devotees.

Are your short answers.

They said that I have 45 questions here. I will give short answers. Banu Swami is famous. You write him a long letter, he replies, okay, fine. Nice.

Paul. As a serving majesty, we're right to give a loud reception from very glad to the silent.

So we would like to give a loud reception to Surabhi Mataji who is a Prabhupada disciple.

So there are many issues for Grahastas like health issues, job related issues, financial issues, family issues and many entanglement. So how to maintain a spiritual sadhana?

The most important thing is maintain the chanting of higher.

So the most important thing is to maintain the chanting of Hare Ka.

I have many issues.

I have many issues.

I don't have a family. I don't have finance, but I have health issues.

I don't have family. I don't have finance, but I have health issues.

I'm on a liquid diet. I gradually transfer to a solid diet.

I'm on a liquid diet for many days. I'm gradually transiting to a solid diet. Anyways, I'll give short answers.

How long?

468.

In spite of all the problems which I I was going to tell but since I got short answers, I can't tell. I said how many?

468.

468.

So in spite of all the problems which I cannot say right now because I have to give short answers, I use this clicker. I chanted 468 times.

If you want to go back to Godhead, you have to fight.

If you want to go back to Godhead, you have to fight.

If you want to serve Krishna, you have to fight with Maya.

If you have to serve Krishna, you have to fight with Maya.

And that means at least you have to chant. You have to Be sincere.

That means you have to chant and you have to at least be sincere.

Finances favorable, Urine favorite, health is favorable. You are lucky man.

If everything is favorable, your finance is favorable, your wife is favorable, then you are a lucky man.

So the second question. What one must do if they feel unqualified to preach to others? What must one do if they feel unqualified to preach to others? Pracharam Saivand.

Who is qualified?

I just have to repeat what Guru Satania Shastro Sorrows.

We just have to repeat what Guru Lord Chaitanya Sadhu's shastras Say.

Anything else?

We are not qualified to say anything else.

Tell them the message of Krishna.

That whoever you meet, whomever you meet, whoever you see, you tell them the.

Message of Lord Krishna's order.

You have to do it. Hold on.

It's Lord Chaitanya's order. You have to do it. Qualified or not.

I see all you are students now are the best way. You have to be gurus.

So I see all of you as students now. But eventually you have to be gurus. You have to give out this message of Sadhu, Shastra and Guru. Guru.

I have to go now to see the deities.

I have to go now to see the deities. I think you have to go to take your prasad. Do you want me to come back here? So question Guru Maharaj. Often in your classes you mention that Grihasta couples should beget Krishna conscious children and raise them to become acharyas. Guru Maharaj, my question is how can.

We as parents raise our children to become Acharyasol Aparikamburaga?

That's a very good question.

I don't have much.

Being a Sannyasi, I don't have much experience.

If you study those who have begotten or cherished children, that they.

If you study about those who we got Acharyas as their children, you can get some idea.

We're told that the husband and wife have to pray before Prabhupada. They're trying to have Krishna consciousness Acharya as a child.

We are told that the Griyasthas, the husband and wife, they should pray before Prabhupada. That they want to have Acharya as their child.

Early in the moment.

Early in the movement, Srila Prabhupada told the Grihasta couple to chant 50 rounds that day.

Later we see that in the test, like Rav Raja Goswami.

Later we can see the text, the book by Gopala Bhatta Goswami about the Garbodham, Samskaran.

And he said that they should chant.

He said they should chant Purusha, Shukta, Swasti, Vachan and other mantras. The previous day in the day, Previous.

Day of the.

Garudhans the previous day of the Garbo Dansan that day. That day he was taught in the morning. In the morning, in the morning or afternoon they should chant this. It should not be held during the twilight but after. And the Samskaras which are mentioned in very short. Next question one. How do we not judge others, other devotees or come to biased conclusion while in association in devotee community.

We're trying to be Madhyamari like to move up to Uttar.

So from Madhya Madhikari we would like to move up to Uttamadhikari.

Is there four types?

Madhyamadhikaris are usually four types.

Krishna and his representatives.

Krishna and his representatives Krishna, Matram, Avarodiya.

Pradinadigal.

The devotees, Sadhakas, Innocent people. Who don't know about devotional service. Maybe.

Laws are against are envious. I don't want the lawsuit.

Those who are against or envious, they don't want devotion.

So that much discrimination we need.

So that much discrimination we need. Uttamadhikari can even preach to the envious. But Madhya Madhikari, he avoids them. He preaches to the innocent.

He associates with the devotees.

He associates with the devotees.

And he surrenders and restarts.

And he surrenders and respects the supreme personality of Godhead and his representatives. Next. We have been away from Sri Krishna for many billions of years. And our forgetfulness is also very, very deep. In this condition how can we chant the holy names of the Lord with a feeling of separation?

It will take you at least some years of chanting.

It would take you some years of at least chanting.

In the rush as such, even. Kirats, Unas, Kasadesh list a whole bunch of tribals and vastanas and things.

There's a verse in Srimad Bhagavatam, second canto. It says about Kirat hunas, even people from Kashadesh there's a whole list of people, tribes. They can all chant. People like mission impossible.

It's impossible according to the Vedas.

It's impossible according to the Vedas to deliver these people. But according to Srimad Bhagavatam, a pure devotee can deliver them.

Even you've been away from Krishna for a long time as you take up the standing.

So even if you are away from Krishna for a long time but if you take up this chanting.

I follow the orders Lord Caitanya.

You follow the orders of Lord Caitanya.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhavin, Anaya, you read Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam.

You read Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam.

See the history of Lord Chaitanya, Mahaprabhen, Varkai Varalari Parity.

He even delivered disciples of a Buddhist master.

He even delivered the disciples of a Buddhist master.

Awareness in the Buddha Madattai.

Buddhist master was trying to poison him.

The Buddhist master, he wanted to poison him. Last question. How do we have faith in Supreme Lord when we are facing our worst situations?

Whatever we are suffering is the result of our karma.

Whatever sufferings we get is a result of our karmas.

How you see how when you walk you crush insects.

How many of you? When you walk you see that you crush many insects.

When you drive insects starts when you.

Drive insects get smashed.

So there are sins that are unavoidable.

So there are sins which are unavoidable but we commit them.

So to counteract his unavoidable sins, Krishna is given to the Yajas.

So to counteract these unavoidable sins, Krishna has given different yajnas. Krishna.

We don't suffer the same result from the sins.

So if we perform the Yajna we don't suffer the same result of the sin. So Krishna is giving us a token.

And if we are very careful when we are we can be without any sin.

And if we are very careful then we can be without any sin.

And if we observe a Kadashi our sins are destroyed.

And if we observe ekadasis all our sins are destroyed destroyed. But after Ekadashi we should also not perform sins.

Then I ride on the airplanes and most people take the non veg.

I ride in the airplanes and I.

See most people that take non vegal.

So killing animals is also a very big karma. According to Manu, a person who cooks, eats, slaughters. There are six kind of people.

Aurivedamana Makkal.

I was once as a bhakta honesty devotee. I was working in Anzaldo woodwork stand and salt meat.

So I when I was uninitiated a new bhakta I was working in a restaurant which sold meat.

I giving all the money to the temple.

So I was giving all the money to the temple to pay for it.

When I ask him why should I give my job? I ask what do you do?

When I asked Prabhupada about my job Should I give up this job? Prabhupada asked me, what do you do?

I said, how did I eat meat? How did fall away and sing before?

So I told Prabhupada, after they eat, they go, I throw the meat and then I clean the tables.

That's not covered by the six people indicated by ManU.

That's not covered within the six people indicated by manufacturing.

You can do it.

So you can do it.

And then you should not do a job like clean meat or something.

You mean you should not do a job where you have to do cooking meat or something.

We have cow protection as our model, our principle.

In our gosh. We have cow protection as our principle. We don't sell them, we protect them.

So I thought when we not we may have committed so many sins. But doesn't be one of the.

So like that we may have done. We may have committed many sins but we may get relieved when we take initiation. When we do devotional service.

I am solving many health issues.

I am suffering many health issues.

I don't do any sinful thing but I have taken many disciples.

So I don't do any sinful thing but I have taken many disciples.

Part of the initiation of the silos promised to follow 4right and chant sustain rounds.

Part of the initiation is that the disciples they Commit to follow four regulatory principles and chant 16 rounds.

Dichayan or Pagadi, the cedar Galala na.

Right and transl. And then that camera comes also to the ground.

If any of the disciples they break any principle, they don't follow the principles, then the karma goes to them and also to me. So being a Siksha guru, you don't get karma of your followers.

Unless you give them wrong instructions.

Unless you give them wrong instructions.

One thing that takes a girl has this responsibility that you're.

But being a DK Guru, this is a responsibility. You have to take the karmas of your disciples.

I request to all disciples, please follow your vows.

So my request is to all the disciples that please follow your vows.

What? I want my disciples to also get the Krishna Rana.

So I also want my disciples to get Krishna Prema get spiritual blessing, mercy.

All the Sikhs and rows.

I am thankful to all the Siksha gurus for helping my disciples.

All right.

All right.

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