#JayapatakaSwamiArchives 20230523 || Question & Answer Session || Dallas, US

Hare Krishna.

Guru Maharaj, please accept my respectful obeisances onto your lotus feet. Why is chanting the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra the one that takes us back to Godhead? Why any other? It's recommended that in Kali Yuga should chant the Hare Ka Maha Mantra.

It is recommended that in Kali Yuga we should chant the Hare Ka Mahamantra.

Don't say take you back to Godhead.

It doesn't say that any other name can't take you back to Godhead.

But are recommended to chant the Hare Ka Mahtra.

But we are recommended to chant the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra.

And that's the safest thing to do.

And that is the safest thing to do.

But other names can also deliver someone.

But other names could also deliver someone.

To Haridastakar that I came to deliver.

All the people, Lord Caitanya said to Haridas Thakar, he came to deliver all the people. And Srila Prabhupada said, how will the Islam be delivered? Okay. How will Haidas Thakur said, how will the Islam.

No, I didn't say that.

Okay.

Lord Chai.

Lord Chaitanya said, how will the Islam be delivered?

And Haidas said that they are attacked by pigs.

Haridas Thakur said that if they are.

Attacked by a pig and they say in a big.

Then they say when the pig hits them, Haram.

Haram.

Haram.

Haram.

Which in their language means offense.

Which in their language means offense.

But actually they're saying Haram.

But actually they are saying Haram.

They're thinking of something else they can deliver.

So even though they are thinking of something else, they are being delivered.

Because Haram means in Sanskrit. Oh my dear Lord Ram.

Because ha. Ram means in Sanskrit. Oh my dear Ram.

Oh.

It's an online question. The question is from Feneshwari Lakshmi Devidasi. She says, I heard. She says, I heard that we as disciples of Guru Maharaj should take his Maha Mah Prashad.

I heard that we as Guru Maharaj disciples should take his Maha Mah Prashad.

Should this only be taken by his disciples or can others take it too?

Should this be only taken by his disciples or can others take it too?

And it says also in the same way. Should we only take Maha Mah Prashad of our Guru Maharaj or can we take that from our other gurus in our Sampradaya?

Pure devotee.

So you can take from any pure devotee. You can take from any pure devotee.

Or something like a gash to someone. I get sick. That's not Very auspicious.

But if you take from some guest or someone and you get sick that is not very auspicious.

You don't have to get sick by taking money.

But even if you get sick from taking from some pure devotee that is.

Glorified salt.

The.

Prashada, Mahara Prashada can be taken.

So the Prasadam or Maha Prashadam can be taken even from someone who is not as. Even if he is not your Diksha Guru. Thank you. Punisheri Lakshmi Devidasi.

How was your class?

How was your class?

Hare Krishna Go Maharaj Please accept my.

Respectful obeisance at your lotus feet.

My question is that in material world.

We have different relations like brother, sister, father, mother, spiritual master, disciple.

What kind of relationships are in the spiritual world?

Why did you say in the real world?

Why didn't you say in the real world?

Why did he say?

Why did he say in the real world? He said material world. That might have been my mistake Gurumaj. He said material world.

Why?

Because I wasn't paying attention. Sorry Guru Mahj in the real world.

So in the spiritual world they're all kind of relationship.

So in the spiritual world there are all kinds of relationships.

Krishna is in the center but Krishna.

Is in the center.

And someday the hard drives.

Some may be as coward boys.

Gopals. Gopal Some are parents.

Some are parents.

Some are cultives or aids Some are Gopis or Ranisoda friends of Yashoda and like Vasudev. Vasudev he had many wives.

Like Vasudev he had many wives.

So Delugi was the mother of Krishna.

So Devaki was the mother of Ka.

And the other wives of Vasudeva her stepmothers are Krishna and the other wives.

Of Vasudeva were stepmothers of Ka.

King Dasarat had three wives.

Just like King Dasarat he had three wives.

Kaushalia was the mother of Lord Ram.

Kaushalya was the mother of Lord Ram.

And the other wives were stepmothers.

And the other wives were stepmothers.

So you had all kinds of relationships in the spiritual world.

So you have all kinds of relationships in the spiritual world.

Ravara Saint in Vaikunta we also have other night Prabhupada was saying that in.

Vaikuntha you also have husband and wife.

And they kiss each other.

And they may kiss each other.

They are serving Ka but they are serving Ka in the Narayan form.

And they are in their Narayan form.

But it is not worth that only a disease.

But there is no birth, there is no death.

Old Age and disease in the spiritual world.

In the spiritual world.

Dear Guru Maharaj, please accept my respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet. Accept it, Guru Maharaj, remembering one of the Shikshastakam Shloka Trinadapi Sunicena, it is very easy to be respectful and humble in front of our spiritual master. But sometimes we forget to do the same in front of others. How do we develop that attitude for everyone?

So in the third verse of Shikshastnikam there's the Trinadha PI Sunichana verse. And so it seems it is very easy to maintain that humility in front of the Guru. But then how to maintain that same kind of humility to everyone else?

At other times a verse is not just meant in front of the Guru.

That verse is not just meant in front of the Guru for everyone. It's for everyone.

And we want very humble and tolerant.

We want to be very humble and.

Tolerant and appreciate others.

And appreciate others and not to expect any appreciation.

Chant the Hare Ka Mandralas and in.

This way you can chant the Hare Ka Mantra always.

I wanted chant always. And he could follow this principle.

So if you want to chant always, then you should follow this principle.

Someone gave me once a book by Dale Carney how to make friends.

So once someone gave me a book by Dale Carnely how to make friends with everyone.

And in that book he simply gave the thing that you honor. Respect everyone, don't respect any. Respect yourself.

So in the book he pretty much just mentioned that you offer respect to everyone and don't expect any respect to yourself.

I was kind of surprised that here a famous person here giving the tindzival which is the essence of Lord Chaitanya's, a third verse of the Sukkatta.

So I was kind of surprised that this famous person, he was pretty much giving what Lord Chaitanya has given, which is the essence of the third verse in the Shikshastikam.

Try it. Tell everyone you meet how wonderful they are.

Try it. Tell everyone you meet how wonderful they are.

Wow. They'll think you're a great person.

They'll think you're a great person.

I don't expect any other.

Don't expect anyone to reciprocate or everyone to reciprocate. If they do, that's. But don't expect it.

Hare Krishna. Dear Guru Maharaj, Hare Krishna, please accept my respectful obeisances onto your lotus tree. Guru Maharaj, we've been doing bhakti rickshaw and there are some standards for cooking, standards for new devotees. Who comes cooking standards? Could you. Is there any hard and fast rule? Because some Bhakti vikshas, I heard they are giving opportunities to new devotees also and they become later devotees. Some other Bhakti viksha later they become.

Devotees and then later they become devotees.

So is there any hard and fast rule? Or we can just sense it and feel it. Okay, this devotees we can give chance to cook even though they are not chanting 8 rounds or 4 rounds yet or 16 rounds.

See they cook under your supervision. That's all right.

See if they cook under your supervision then that's all right.

You're seeing what they do is proper.

Because you are seeing what they do is proper.

If they are cooking at their house, you don't know if they're eating it or if they have a cat or dog in their house.

If they're cooking at their house and you don't know if they're eating it and they have or they have a cat and dog at their house, we.

Have no people not cooking under your supervision and they ask them to bring the uncooked stuff. So if we have new salad fruits.

Like if we have new people that are not yet under your supervision then we may have them just bring some of the ingredients like the vegetables, fruits, uncooked food.

And I have them cook on the extra provision. Karl Raj said that's all right.

Otherwise have them cook under your supervision. Then Srila Prabhupada said that's all right.

You see that they're following all the rules.

You see that they are following all the rules.

So Guru Mahj, if your immediate family like your brothers or sister, if they're eating non veg at their home, do we allow still go to live with means meet them and eat at their home or live. We should not be eating at their place at all.

My mother. Mother.

See my mother, my poor ashram mother wanted to cook for me.

What? I wouldn't allow that.

But I wouldn't allow that she would.

Hide someone.

So she would guide someone with her recipe and they would cook.

I don't know how I can do that.

You see, I don't know how. But for me how you do it. See, I could do that with my poor Vashra mother, but I don't know how you could do it.

My children say you will cook for me all the time. I'd like to cook for you so.

But if there are children you can say like you cook for me all the time. I would like to cook for you now.

Oh very nice.

Oh very Nice. You can say some things like that.

But if they're not vegetarian, honest, they like to eat only from shadow.

I mean if they're.

Unless they follow the rules, how can you all for that?

I mean if they're not vegetarian then you could just be honest that I'm a vegetarian. I only eat offered food. I won't eat unless I'm able to offer it.

Guru Maharaj, that will also get restricted to get into the social life like.

People that may restrict me to also get that may restrict me to get.

Into my social life, not my social life. Social life. Usually like people invite. We don't know what they are eating or not. But even they cook vegetarian food, we are still not allowed to eat. As an initiative to vote.

Prabhupada go to some people's house if they became a life member.

So Srila Prabhupada would go to some people's house if they became a life member.

And he would have a secondary tell them what standard to cook. He would have a secondary tell them what standard to cook.

So he would tell them what standard to cook beforehand. Like no onion and garlic.

We all got sick very often.

But those things we all got sick very often.

And salt Rah rah was. He was ideal guest.

But still Srila Prabhupada was an ideal guest.

And they told Raman here they put onions.

So one time they told Srila Prabhupada here they put onions.

But he put the onions out and didn't eat onions.

So he picked the onions out. He didn't eat onions.

But he didn't say anything.

But he didn't say anything.

I did not offend the people.

I mean he didn't want to offend the people.

How you do the things, how do you solve discussion?

So how you do the things, you have to use some discussion. Thank you Guru Maharaj.

I mean like some business, they have to take their clients out to line at night.

So I know that some businessmen they have to take their clients out to wine and dine. At least dine.

They just eat the salad.

So there they just eat the salad.

Yes, they eat all kinds of nonsense.

Yes, they may eat all kinds of nonsense.

That's the down side of.

That's the downside of marketing. Hare Krishna Guru, another question.

Please accept my humble last question.

Please accept my humble obeisances. Prabhuji just. I just had a question about like Prabhuji just asked about third verse from Sikhsh Ashtakam. But how do we become tolerant like Tarora Pisa. So how do we become become as tolerant as a tree when unfavorable conditions come towards us.

Practice makes perfect.

Practice makes perfect.

Practice that. So you practice that, you get better.

And better at it. Lord Chaitanya, he said we should wear.

That verse around our neck and try to follow it.

And try to follow it every day. Every day.

So I do practice. I got a yatran Ra expert at it.

So as you practice again and again, you may get. You get more expert at it.

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