by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Nov 14, 2020 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: He felt that after writing all the 17 Purāṇas, 108 Upaniṣads, the Mahābhārata, the Vedānta sūtra, the four Vedas he still felt dissatisfied. His spiritual master was Nārada muni. So he asked him this question, why do I feel dissatisfied? Nārada muni...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Nov 14, 2020 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: I heard that one devotee, he is locked down in Māyāpur. And not having anything else to do, he is every day reading four or five hours Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books. This way he developed a taste to read. By reading, you can overcome your laziness. You...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Nov 14, 2020 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: I don’t understand the question. Who are we to say what Gopāla can do or not do? He is the independent Personality of Godhead. He can do whatever He wants. If He says that the deity of Gopīnātha is non-different from Him, what is wrong in that? And...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Nov 14, 2020 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: You see, sometimes we think that the deity is stone or wood or something. So by this pastime, Lord Jagannātha Baladeva Subadra and the Govardhana hill, they established that They were people. Every avatāra has a particular quality. By this pastime,...