by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Feb 3, 2021 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: Sastra tells us how to respond to offences. If you can defeat that person’s argument, that is the first thing. If you cannot do that, then you can walk away from that place. Otherwise, you can leave your body and go back to Godhead, But, you should...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Feb 3, 2021 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: You see, we practice the bhakti and we engage everything in what is called yukta vairagya, in the service of Krsna. You are calling that as indirect bhakti. Lord Caitanya, He did not consider that indirect. If you are thinking I am serving, serving...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Feb 3, 2021 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: You see, like Lord Caitanya said, mayawadi bhasya sunile hoye sarva nash – if you listen to the mayawadis, it will destroy your bhakti So that is a type of offense to devotional service. We think that we are equal or greater than Krsna. That...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Feb 3, 2021 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: Anantadeva is also known as Sesha. He is the last expansion of Lord Krsna, and He is fully absorbed in devotional service. He manifests as the cloth or brahmana thread, the umbrella, all the paraphernalia of the Lord. The Lord’s paraphernalia is an...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Feb 3, 2021 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: I told you sarva dharman paritajya mam ekam saranam vrja. That we should take seriously. But not second line aham tvam sarva papebhyo moksaisyami ma sucaha. Krsna said I will make you free from all sinful reactions. But we devotees, we don’t...