by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Feb 7, 2021 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: The guru is the representative of Lord Nityananda. So naturally He is very merciful and he wants to help the disciple get back to Krsna. So it is for the disciple to reestablish his relation with his spiritual master. The disciple may think that...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Feb 7, 2021 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: Yes, Yes! If you are a devotee, if you break a principle, that is usually a sin also. But if you are initiated you have taken a vow, then you are not only breaking a principle, committing a sin and offence. If you are not initiated, a bhakta,...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Feb 7, 2021 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: See, if someone tells a thing which is a few degrees off, it may not seem very much. But if you are going to the moon or some place, it can make a big difference. So we have some joint programs and in those programs different members of the Gaudiya...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Feb 7, 2021 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: There is a book called Gaura Ganodesha Dipika. That tells who was who in the Caitanya pastimes. So like, Murari Gupta was Hanuman and I think Prahlad also participated. But you have to see the Gaura Ganodesha Dipika book. The Jaya and Vijay appeared...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Feb 7, 2021 | Q&A
Jayapataka Swami: Ha! Ha! They are elderly people, why not? Varnasrama system is to be a brahmacari, grihasta, vanaprasta and finally sannyas. Actually in Kali yuga, Srila Prabhupada said if your wife is cooperative, she is Krsna conscious, she helps you, you don’t...