Questions on today's Swami call:

1 min

If desire for material gain was purified through bhakti (as in the case of Dhruva Maharaja), how come desire for liberation is not (as in the case of jnanis who do bhakti and end up in sayujya-mukti)?

20 min

If someone has a desire for mukti as their foremost desire, I assume there is no place in Krishna-lila for them. Does that include Dwaraka? Would such a sadhaka be relegated to Vaikuntha?

27 min

How do we really know the true nature of our selves? I know how to serve and love Krishna and the devotees? What is my true nature? What does it even mean?

38 min

If we are destined for a particular rasa, will association with sadhus of other rasas not change that?

41 min

It is said that some gurus have two feet in the spiritual world and extend one foot into this world; some have two feet in this world and extend one into the spiritual world, while a third kind have two feet in this world but their eyes completely on the spiritual world. Is this talking about gurus with different levels of qualification?

52 min

In the first verse of Sri Siksastakam it says that harinama sankirtana "...swells the sea of blessedness" and "gives the taste of deathless nectar at every step." Is this first verse supposed to correspond with the earliest stages of bhakti?

Questions on today's Swami call: 

2 min:

Have our gaudiya acaryas differentiated between the atma and the jiva?

8 min:

Consideing the differing descriptions of details in Sriman Mahaprabhu's lila given in Sri Caitanya Bhagavata and Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, how much historical credibility do these biographies carry?

16 min:

What does it mean to chant the holy names as a service?

21 min:

Can chanting be seen as smaranam as well?

30 min:

What is your opinion on your disciples taking part in ISKCON's activities?

47 min:

Do we get purified by the holy name even if we do not get fully absorbed in our practice?

Questions on today’s Swami call:

0 min

Sometimes Sri Sri Gaura Nitai are depicted as white and sometimes golden. Is there any special significance to this?

0 min

Considering the circumstances of Junior Haridas begging rice from Madhavi, Sriman Mahaprabhu’s treatment of him is hard to understand. Can you explain this?

14 min

Could the descriptions of seva in the song Radha Krsna Prana Mora apply to priya-narma sakhas?

19 min

How do we actually surrender to Sri Krishna?

33 min

Sri Krishna says in the Srimad Bhagavatam that he cannot give himself exclusively to the gopis although they give themselves exclusively to him, as he also has to tend to his other devotees. Can you elaborate on this?

41 min

Can you comment on the differences between Gaudiya Vaishnava groups in how they observe holy days?

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0min

When one part of the Sri Krishna’s lila has been played out in this universe, is it that it immediately begins in another universe?

15min

Are the aprakat and the prakat lila two separate things, or is there any overlapping? Is one the expansion of the other?

23min

What kind of love does Krishna have for sadhakas?

39min

What is the significance of the time of the day that Gopa Kumara enters Krishna’s lila in Brhad-Bhagavatamrta?

45min

In Jaiva Dharma, it is explained that in madhura-rasa the other sthayi-bhavas act as sancari-bhavas. It is also said that in this rasa the sancari-bhavas are attributes rather than limbs of the rasa. Regarding the first point, how is this either different from or similar to sankula-bhavas where for example vatsalya and sakhya are bundled? And regards to the other point, what does that mean with regards to how the sancari-bhavas are played out?

57min

Follow up question: Can you explain the difference between sancari-bhavas and uddipanas in this connection?

1h 1min

If someone is attracted to worshipping Bhagavan in awe and reverence, would it be better that they join another sampradaya than the Gaudiya sampradaya?

Questions on today’s Swami call:

0min

What is the difference between an avatara and an expansion of Sri Krishna?

4min

Why does Krishna take different shapes when he comes to this world?

16min

Are the sakhas ever amazed at Krishna’s aisvarya manifestations such as killing demons?

20min

Is there a difference in meaning among terms like muni, rishi, etc.?

21min

Are Prabhupada’s letters to you available for reading?

23min

Is it permissible to recite the diksa mantras out loud if no one else is around?

25min

The overall story of the Lord Brahma that appears in the Brahma-Vimohan-Lila points to Brahma being in sakhya-rasa. Yet one commentary on Sri Brahma Samhita speak of him as attaining the position of a maidservant. Can you comment on this?

42min

Is there evidence of Brahma being a priya-narma-sakha?

48min

Are there any parts of Sri Haridas Thakuras life story that would point to Lord Brahma being particular kind of sakha?

51min

What was the age of Vrindavana Dasa Thakura when he wrote the Sri Caitanya Bhagavata? And can you explain the differences in his and Srila Krishna Das Kaviraja Goswami’s ways of describing the lila of Mahaprabhu and his devotees visiting the home of the Chand Kazi?

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Questions on today’s Swami call:

0min

Where should we draw the line about how much and to who we can speak about confidential aspects of bhakti?

11min

How can we understand the different descriptions of how Mahaprabhu dealt with Prakasananda Sarasvati in Caitanya-Bhagavata and Caitanya-Caritamrta?

30 min

Why did the war described in the Mahabharata take place at Kuruksetra, a place of pilgrimage?

46min

Can we say that the statements of scripture about matter are relative since matter is ever-changing?