#JayapatakaSwamiArchives 20230516 || Question & Answer Session || Dallas, US

Guru Raj, thank you for such a wonderful class. Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glory. Srila Prabhupada, thank you so much for what you do for us. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm confused. Does separation from Ka feel good? Does it feel bad? Or does it feel blissful and bad? I can only extrapolate from say, going away from you feels horrible. It doesn't feel good, feels bad. What is separation from Krishna?

Prabhupada watching a video of his departure.

So Srila Prabhupada was watching a video of his departure.

All Saudis are feeling all right. Separated.

All the devotees or most of the devotees were feeling separated.

One devotee came from the camera chanting, smiling Hare Yuda Hare. Yeah.

One devotee, as he came in front of the camera, chanting, clapping, Hare Krishna. Hare Krishna.

Not very advanced.

Prabhupada said he's not very advanced.

It's natural that you feel satisfied, felt separation. And Prabhupada on that.

It's natural that the devotee feels separation from the Guru. Naturally the devotees felt separation when Srila Prabhupada left. I appreciate it, but I appreciated it.

That kind of intense feeling is a sign of spiritual advancement.

That kind of intense feeling is a sign of spiritual advancement.

And.

There are emotions that devotees feel.

There are emotions that devotees feel.

And some circumstances are suitable for chanting dancing, what have you.

Some circumstances are suitable for chanting dancing in happiness.

But when there are certain answers to party spiritual masters departing devotees are feeling heavy hearted.

Most of the devotees are feeling heavy hearted.

Some devotees smiling, laughing.

If some devotees are smiling and clapping Haribo. Haribo Prabhupada didn't appreciate that Prabhupada, he didn't appreciate that.

They weren't really anxious.

So they weren't really conscious of what is happening. They were not conscious of Prabhupada.

The same way. Just seek to stop that, multiplied that.

And in the same way you see Krishna multiply that. I mean, there's nothing you can explain.

Words will not do justice.

Words will not do justice.

Extends it. And to whatever extent it touches the.

Heart and we hear what Lord Chaitanya was experiencing and to whatever extent it touches our heart, that that.

Says the well is that, you know, we by this feeling, by this meditation, Lord Chaitanya.

This feeling, this meditation of Lord Chaitanya's ecstasy. At that time at the shelter of Krishna.

Sometimes saying that there is separation in the world to be separated appearance.

Someone was saying that the greatest separation in the world is to be separated From a pure devotee of Ka. Rangi Gandharvika Devidasi. Welcome Gurmaj.

Please accept my respectful obeisances. I'm confused why the animals of Vrindavan are in Shantaras? Because the cows give. The cows give milk or the parrots. Wake up Krishna. So isn't this like. Isn't this service?

Cows, they're providing fruits.

Indirectly. The trees, the cows, they're providing fruits, milk.

They're not actually doing service.

They're not actually doing service. They're not actively doing service. Excuse me. Krishna goes and milks them. You know.

In one sense I think they are contributing something.

In one sense they are contributing something.

They're not like Hanuman who's flying over the tree, over the ocean, fighting with demons.

Not like Hanuman flying over the ocean fighting with the demons.

Service of Ka really serve Ka.

Service of Ka. They really serve Ka.

They're not saying that animals not doing anything useful. They're very useful.

I mean we're not saying that the animals, the trees, they're not doing anything useful. I mean they are useful.

But it's not that they do a lot of service.

That they do a lot of service.

That they do their thing.

They do their thing. Produce food, produce milk.

I mean, I'm sure the deers will up on Lake Krishna.

I'm sure the deers will go up in lit. Krishna.

Santaras means that they appreciate Ka.

Being Shantaras means that they appreciate Ka.

Range of saying service, you can say.

Okay, one may consider it service but.

Really do our service.

But those are Indasaras. They really do a lot of service.

Hare Krishna. Guru Maharaj, please accept my respectful obeisances. Thank you for your association. So these classes are very blissful, very nice. And when we are in the class, we feel nice. But as soon as we go out and deal with the world, the whole thing disappears. So how do we constantly stay in this consciousness? The way we feel in the class.

That's why it's important to chant and read every day.

That's why it is important to chant and read every day.

See? Somewhat think how do I help this person.

Consciousness?

When you see someone, you think how can I help this person to the path of Ka? Consciousness?

I think of someone else. Remember Krishna's in their heart.

Think of someone else. You remember Krishna is in their heart.

Think of something else not right. Remember that Krishna is in your heart.

If you think of something else that is not right then remember that Ka is in their heart.

Of all those sorry.

You apologize that someone has Done some wrong thing.

You have done it. You thought something about work.

You don't think what he would have done.

Have done something wrong.

You think that what I you have done something wrong.

Krishna is in your heart. He's watching everything you do. Everything you think.

You think that always Krishna is in your heart. He's always watching what you're doing. He's in everyone's heart.

You have to deal with all those other things anyways.

You have to deal with your office and other things.

People are talking to you.

There's people talking to you.

All the time.

You can remember Ka all the time while they are talking to you.

How we are working to earn money. How money will do some serves of Krishna.

We are working. We can raise some money. And with the money we can serve Kaom. Worship our deities at home. Give prashadam to the family, some help to the temple. There's different ways we can remember Krishna.

Maybe on the fitting plot. You have to think of very practical things.

There may be a meeting where you think have to think. There may be a fitting where you. There may be fleeting thoughts where you have to think of many things practical.

And in that also rather serve Krishna.

And within that your motive is to serve Krishna.

He was saying 1973 on occasion on his Vyat Puja Srila Prabhupada.

He was saying in 1973 on the occasion of his Vyas Puja he was in London. He was in London.

He said that he wrote all his Grihastav all ours.

He said he wanted all his Grihasta followers to become Paramahamsas. He always asked me how is that possible? Paramahamsa. He is always thinking of Ka.

Someone working at all of us.

Anything.

I work to make money dry. Go someplace for Tahitis or vacation or something.

Someone can be thinking I work, I raise money and I enjoy. I'll take a holiday.

Or think.

We are thinking we want to please Krishna. I want to please Guru and Krishna.

Hare Krishna. Guru Maharaj, please accept. Please accept my respectful obeisances. My question is that when we encounter people of other religions or faith.

The.

Question is ISKCON and our faith in Krishna, how should we respond or act?

Well.

Every person is different and.

All that. Are they challenging?

They're open or they're challenging?

Rose in the free Ali.

Kram, what you do in the. If someone challenges in the free speech alley.

When someone challenges you Baton Rouge they have alley.

Please lose Baton Rouge they have an alley where there's free speech.

Lsu, lsu Louisiana State University, Louisiana State.

University.

Here or so maybe some are or something. Just ask, tell them, ask them a question. They get an answer.

So he told me, you just asked them a question that they can't answer.

They say, you believe in Khairan is that we're going to. Well, criminals. Why?

They say you believe in karma, this, that, this, that. Then you can ask them, well, people are born criminal. Why crippled? Why? They say, that's a mystery. I asked them another question and it just blew them away.

Whatever nice man he was favorable the.

Other student, he was a very. It turned out I met a nice man recently here in Dallas.

And.

So I said, how Jesus said you should love God.

I said, how Jesus said we should love God.

That's the first commandment.

That's the first commandment. Until that, you know a little bit about different religions.

You can tell that Bhakti Yoga means a science, how Bhakti Yoga means the.

Science of how to love God.

Read some ayatollahs and Tehran.

Srila Prabhupada met some ayatodas in Tehran.

He did a surah that saying Allahu Akbar.

He was very happy. And they said that they discovered that Allahihu Akbar means param.

Satya dehi means param.

Satya di mahi.

So I met one devotee. He said, people say, so you're a Hindu.

I met one devotee, he said, people say you're a Hindu. What is that?

What are you?

They wanted to argue.

He said, I'm a devotee or not.

Said I'm a devotee of God.

And then you know, there's only one God. There was only one God.

Then he came around, he said, there's only one God. All religions worship the same God.

We believe that every one God and all religions worship the same God.

We believe that there's only one God and all religions worship the same God.

But they call him by different names.

But they may call him by different names.

That's how people approach you and if they're open or not.

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