Question: In Bengali. Dear Guru Mahārāja!Please accept my respectful obeisances. When there is a devotee in the vyāsāsana, who is a senior devotee or a sannyāsī, but not Gurudeva, then what should we do when they enter? Your spiritual son, ŚacīputraAvatāradāsa

Guru Maharaj: When in doubt, we can get up,but generally, if one is not a guru or not a sannyāsī, then we don’t get up! But we may glorify that devotee, or bring attention to his entrance. If the person is a sannyāsī or is on the level of your guru, or the guru, then...

Question: Guru Mahārāja, the Lord acts independently, as He is Paramātmā in our hearts knows our desires and necessities. So, when we have problems in material life, should we offer prayers for that or just keep chanting and depending on the Lord,that He will give the intelligence to act. Your servant, Padmāsakhī Devī Dāsī

Guru Maharaj: We don’t want to ask the Lord for something material. We don’t want to reduce our devotional service to some kind of business deal. “I served You, You give me what I want!” If there is something that we think is useful for our devotional service, we can...