H.H. Jayapataka Swami-Official Health Update

Wednesday 6th Jan 2021 22.00 hrs (Indian Standard Time) Dear God-family, disciples and well wishers of H.H. Jayapataka Swami Maharaja, Today is day 6 after Guru Maharaja was tested positive and he has begun to show slight symptoms thou clinically stable. So this...

Question: The Lord gave His mercy to the dadi sannyasi by accepting prasada in his home. But we see that He did not give His immediate mercy to king Prataparudra. After many chances and by the help of the Lord’s associates. How to understand these transcendental activities of the Lord?

Jayapataka Swami:  You see, He wanted to teach that sannyasis should not associate with materialists like kings and politicians. You see, Prataparudra during the Ratha Yatra when Lord Caitanya was resting in the flower garden, he came dressed as an ordinary vaisnava,...

Question: For many years there have been disputes about the correct pronunciation of the Hare Krsna maha mantra in kirtanas and while chanting japa. As we know Srila Prabhupada did not put emphasis on strict rules in this matter. But in our society it is believed that the incorrect pronunciation of the holy name is one of the obstacles to bhakti. Residents of Bengal very often pronounce the holy name with ao. Some people due to the phonetic features of their language, cannot pronounce the holy names. For example, Chinese and others. Please let us know if it is ok to pronounce like Bengalis or which is the correct way?

Jayapataka Swami: Since Krsna is a person, and it states both in Siksastakam and others that there is no hard and fast rule for chanting the holy name. Since the Bengali alphabet is the short a is pronounced as ao and long A is aaaa. So when I was taught Bengali, the...