Guru Maharaj: Maybe some people only realized how much Srila Prabhupada was important only after he left. Just like when Lord Caitanya left Navadvipa and took sannyasa, so then many people felt great separation from Lord Gauranga. So we would hope that you don’t wait...
Guru Maharaj: You see we should not worship Lakṣmī for getting material riches. If we worship Kṛṣṇa, then He has millions of Lakṣmīs with Him. And Saraswati we should worship to get divine knowledge, knowledge of Kṛṣṇa. Keshava Kashmiri was a Digvijay paṇḍita. He had...
Guru Maharaj: Anyone who chants one time, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Is a vaiṣṇava. But a pure vaiṣṇava is, that you are not doing karma miśra bhakti, devotion mixed with fruitive activities. I am not saying ashudha, I am saying karma miśra or gyana miśra bhakti. How can a vaiṣṇava...
Guru Maharaj: Your hands should be clean! If you are in some asuchi, because your relative died or some other reason – I never heard that we should not chant on our beads. Maybe in such asuchi times, we are not supposed to go to the temple, but I never heard...
Guru Maharaj: Regarding Jainism, there is mentioned a bit in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. The first Tirthankara is Rishabhadeva. And He is an avatāra of Kṛṣṇa. But the modern Jains have become atheists. And they follow like Buddhism. If you encourage them to read the Śrīmad...
Guru Maharaj: It could be a very good habit, if you use it on yourself. You find all the good qualities of others, and all the bad qualities in yourself. Don’t be like a fly, who sits on the sores. So we follow the third instruction of Lord Caitanya in His...
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