Swami B. V. Tripurari Baladeva Purnima class August 11, 2022 - Delving Into Rama-Nama

Questions on today’s Swami call:

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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?

Questions on today’s Swami call:

1min

What mantras would be suitable to teach at an interreligious workshop for young people?

9min

What can we reply to people of other faiths who question our faith in a personal form of God?

13min

How would you present Krishna consciousness to someone who does not believe in God?

21min

What do the terms svanistha, parinistha, and nirapeksa mean?

28min

Mahaprabhu sometimes appeared very impulsive although he is beyond mundane impulsiveness. Is this behavior a result of him being the combined form of Radha and Krsna, whereas in other yugas when Narayana appears as Gaura he would behave more sattvic?

42min

In the pastime of Maha-Vishnu stealing five children of a brahmana to get the darshan of Krishna, why did he call Krishna his expansion?

47min

What does it mean that the saves of Naimisaranya did a thousand-year sacrifice when Kali-yuga had already started? Can people leave that long in Kali-yuga?

51min

Was Maha-Vishnu feeling the ecstasy of separation from Krishna as he came from him?

Questions on today’s Swami call:

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Is there place for unconditional forgiveness in Gaudiya Vaishnavism?

24min

If we have gone through millions of species before human life, how come we still have so many desires and may even have to take birth again to fulfill them?

32min

Why do personalities with awe and reverence for Bhagavan appear in Gaura-Lila when Gaura-Lila is all about distributing a mood of intimacy?

36min

Why was Nimai Pandit teaching grammar when there were more prestigious topics he could have taught?

39min

Can you please explain the connection between vaidhi-bhakti practices and the development of raga?

48min

How would you advice a novice Gaudiya Vaishnava to approach other faiths?

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