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Question: How to deal with envy of a person cultivated by one’s self in Kṛṣṇa consciousness?

Guru Maharaj: Now it is like, you are acting like a doctor. What if the patient you are treating, shows some symptoms of disease, do you reject that patient? You should not, you should see how to treat the disease. We know that people in the material world, will have...

Question: Lust is the greatest enemy in spiritual life, how can we overcome it. How can we avoid being devoured by lusty desires?

Guru Maharāja: If we continue to practice Kṛṣṇa Bhakti, gradually these lusty desires will go away. Based on our situations, whether we are a gṛhastha, vairāgī, renounced order, depends on that. So whatever ashram we are in whether gṛhastha, vairāgī, by continuing...

Question: How do we remain calm in provoking situations, although we try not to get affected we react and regret later?

Guru Maharaj: All the vices can be dovetailed in Krishna’s service,except envy. So we can be angry when Krishna is offended, when a devotee is offended. But if someone in some disturbing situation, is hampering their sense gratification, we should not get angry. If we...
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