by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Jun 22, 2022 | Q&A
Jayapatākā Swami: Why not? Śrīla Prabhupāda underwent so many difficulties to save us. I think I am not able to do enough to repay him! He wants to save everybody suffering in this material hell. So, that is the way I think. In 1989, in Madrid, one person cut my...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Jun 22, 2022 | Q&A
Jayapatākā Swami: Usually if you look back we see that many anarthas you have overcome. Anartha-nivṛtti starts to kick in very strongly after we take initiation. If you are initiated or you have a śikṣā-guru, then you can ask him how to overcome any anarthas that you...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Jun 22, 2022 | Q&A
Jayapatākā Swami: I told the history of Bharata Mahārāja this morning. He took birth as a deer. There is no guarantee what your next life will be. Especially if you think like that, ‘oh let me take it easy, next life I could practice more if I have devotee...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Jun 22, 2022 | Q&A
Jayapatākā Swami: You see it depends whether you are a devotee or not. If you are not a devotee, then it may be due to karma. If you are a devotee, you will think I should have suffered a lot but Kṛṣṇa only gave me a token something. So like that He may reduce it to...
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Jun 3, 2022 | Q&A
Jayapatākā Swami: You see it may be different it may be the same. If you have a vision that you want to serve Kṛṣṇa, you want to spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, maybe some individual differences, but if your reason is Kṛṣṇa conscious then it doesn’t matter....
by Mangalmayi Malini Devi Dasi | Jun 3, 2022 | Q&A
Jayapatākā Swami: We maintain our enthusiasm when we have a taste for spiritual life. Like in different stages of devotional service like bhajana-kriyā, anartha-nivṛtti, niṣṭha, ruci, ruci means taste. You have a taste, you want to do more and more service. And one...