Jayapataka Swami answers questions about Hare Krishna practice: dietary rules and when they can break, fasting on holy days, initiation vows against meat and eggs, and whether multi-day scripture readings are acceptable. He includes a story of a sadhu eating a dead dog to survive.
If you are stuck on the place where there's no raw vegetables or anything vegetarian that you can have for.
Like.
Our culture, but you refuse to eat it, and then you die longer, is that technically called suicide?
Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaj, if you are stuck in a place where there's no vegetables or anything that we can eat of our culture, and then you refuse to eat anything else, then you die of starvation. Is that technically called suicide?
Since you are in Texas, since you.
Are in Texas.
They have vegetables and fruits here.
They have vegetables and fruits too.
I pay on harder oil.
Why are you thinking of hypothetical situations?
Just to answer your question, but just to answer your question, there was a drought.
There was a drought and.
I saw the oil cake. He was trying to get out of desert.
He was trying to get out of his. So there was a sadhu, a great devotee who was trying to get out of a desert. But he had no water and no food.
Crying along.
He was crawling along, turning around the.
Zeft and thought he liked.
And he thought he might die.
Dog.
Then he came across a dead dog.
So then he ate the dead dog.
So then he ate the dead dog. Then he got out of the desert. Then he followed all the principles.
Krishna sent out the book and some food.
Krishna sent him some food.
So who killing a dog already? Dog.
So he didn't kill the dog. The dog already died, but he ate it. So, yeah, no food. The only thing is you could come across a dead animal, he would eat it. That would lead you to survive.
That's considered a very. Sir.
That's considered doing an emergency.
Emergency knows no rules.
An emergency knows no rules.
It's already made nice rules of things.
It's not that there were so many dates and nice fruits and things. And then he goes ahead and eats the dead dog.
Eat the dog or die.
It was eat the dog or die.
Krishna said dog.
Krishna said it. A dog. He ate it.
That's right.
And survived. Then he followed his principles later on, after he got to the village.
Very unlikely and very such a situation.
But it's very unlikely that you would meet such a situation. I saw in some places people were eating cactus. They take the spice off. Or even some of the cactuses don't have spice. And they ate it. They said it tastes good.
So we're allowed to try to survive.
So we are allowed to try to survive. Hare Krishna, if there is no fruit, we die. We chant Hare Ka.
This is the cedar Gora Prabhu from Mayapur. He just tested this Brimaraj.
Bhaktapur he's.
In Sidar Gaura Bhakta. He is in Mayapur school. Like what is it Gurkul. He's one of the teacher there. He's your disciple. So he says Hare Krishna Prabhuji, the Lord Pram. Guru Mahaj recently mentioned in the class at your place that we fast till midnight on Janmasmi and till moonrise on Garu Purnima. And we take Anukalpa prasadam to break the fast. And other Vishnu Tattva days we fast till midday and take regular prasadam to break the fast. But today on auspicious appearance day of Narasimhar Satuddasi we are fasting till dusk and breaking the fast with Anu Kalpa prasadam. Why so kindly ask Guru Maharaj. This is my online question to Guru Maharaj wishing a very Narasimha Chatur desi.
To you Hare Krishna.
He is asking why so kindly asks Guru Maharaj.
You see Nishigalek appears at sunset.
Therefore we passed till sunset.
And therefore we have fast till sunset.
Here we have daylight sailing night.
Here we have daylight sailing night.
With sunset around 6 in my upper room.
The sun sets around 6.
Here 8 11.
Here it's 8 11.
I don't know what they do. I don't know what they do. Because observe regular fast.
You can observe and then break your fast at sunset and take grains. Because in Mayapur we have the Nishingade.
Deity so we feel, you know the Rahulpa.
So we feel we'd rather do Anukalpa.
And that's optional.
But that is optional.
All the original days is optional.
On all the Vishnu days it is optional, right?
Krishna Galasi. Because of the Krishna.
Regard the hidden range. In Gorpunima because we are Ka bhaktas it is required to take Ankolpa.
Those devils that have the Lord Kiddaram are Subhanallah and Ramali.
In those temples where they have the deities Sitaram, Lakshman, Hanuman they generally also follow taking Anukopa. As far as I know in Mayapur we have this tradition that we like to do Anacarpa unleashing rectability and they.
Are active 5 central 6 create trance ending up and digestion.
Actually if you're fasting till six and if you eat grains then there may be some indigestion. Anyways. Anyways devotees in Mayapur generally they like to take this class.
For what? Sir, Hi. Sorry about aspirin. I told him soft.
But once Hari, sorry Prabhu was asking me. I told him it was optional. So here probably they take graves or not?
Yes, Guru Maharaj. Here the tradition is we take grace. But you are Mayapur pacified. So wherever you are, Mayapur is there. So we all will follow Hare Krishna. Dear Guru Maharaj, please accept my respectful other senses at your divine lotus feet. Guru Maharaj, after initiation, if someone eats onion garlic intentionally, is it considered not following four regulatory principles.
To take my initiation? They're supposed to vow not to eat meat, egg, onion and garlic Takes.
That'S another thing.
If someone accidentally takes, that's another thing.
At night I heard that Korvod was a gift to a house.
One time I heard that Srila Prabhupada was a guest in someone's house. They said that they would prepare without onion and garlic.
And someone said. And Ravi said, Allah.
But then someone said, the devotee said, Shubhaba, there's onions here. Yeah. He didn't say anything. He just kept aside the onions and ate. He wanted to be a good guest. It seems.
He said a while on certain things India they say all.
There are certain things we should avoid. In India they say Amish, Ahar Nish, Amish also those.
I may know that. All right, we'll do it all.
Amish means we should avoid also onion and garlic bread, Mushubi dal and other things.
Hare Krishna, we are Dhrumaraj. Please accept my respectful obeisances on your divine Lotusness. I'm from North India, Punjab. And there is a culture and tradition over there having events like Duramayan Path for invite devotees or host Bhagavatam. Invite someone who translates Bhagavatam seven day program and do that.
And.
Bhagavad Sapta and for Ramayana it's for Ramchermanas, not by Prabhupada. Like the read 24 hours. Next day they do the Hogana. So these kinds of events are very popular in north. So people get relayed. They do different kind of Bhajans. Is it okay to do that? These kind of ceremonies.
Is it okay for her to do this?
There are do not do Bhagavat SATA.
See, in India we don't do Bhagavat.
Sattaha because Bhagavat Khwar or something else.
We call it Bhagavad Kota or something.
Else because there's a Bhagavad Saptah.
Usually Bhagavat Saptah.
Some professional does it and and see Raymond right in my eyes. He heard father dawn on throne campus day and night.
Actually Paret Maharaj. He heard Srimad Bhagavatam all day and night without eating or sleeping.
So that's the power to.
So we listen an hour or two. But usually they talk about Rasmila as something. But we may take any part of the Bhagavatam.
Good.
All right. It's all right.
If you do it in that way. It's all right. Something.
I last seven days.
That may last seven days. And we have different devotees who are expert at speaking.
Racha Bharas. Some of our verses are somewhat.
Some of the verses are somewhat impersonal. It's better.
And sanctuary. The.
One devotee is translating the Valmiki Ramayana.
And all we give.
Regional comment done by Valmiki. Sri Pabasad is authorized.
Yeah. A leader from Malaysia.
We have here our leaders from Malaysia.
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