by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Dec 1, 2020 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: Those who commit suicide, if they are a normal person, then they have to stay in a ghostly body, for their remaining period of their life. So, you don’t gain anything. If one is second initiated then if they commit suicide, they become a...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Dec 1, 2020 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: Somehow, we should chant our 16 rounds in the day. And we should eat kṛṣṇa-prasāda. Naturally mother with a little child, has to take care of the child. That is also your service to Kṛṣṇa. So, engaging in service to Kṛṣṇa all day long, so part of...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Dec 1, 2020 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: See, Bharata Mahārāja had given up his position, being the emperor of the world, and he was meditating on Kṛṣṇa in the forest. But somehow, he became attached to a deer, and when he was leaving his body, the deer was licking his face and he was...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Dec 1, 2020 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: When the guru is present, we serve him, his vapu and vāṇī. When he is not present, we serve his vāṇī, and he may give his mercy in dreams or some other way. We believe that the guru is watching us, and that he is helping us in different ways....
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Dec 1, 2020 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: I think it is the disappearance day of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. Anyway, during the solar eclipse we should not eat. So apparently the solar eclipse is like from – approximately, you can check, 10.30 or 11 to 2. We normally fast until midday...