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Question: Sometimes question arises that Maharaja Pariksit being such a great devotee, why did he put the dead snake around the neck of the great sage? What should we understand from this act of Pariksit Maharaja?

Jayapataka Swami: We can understand that the Lord put him into some illusion, so that the Srimad Bhagavatam could be spoken. But the sage, he didn’t consider it as a serious offence. Certainly it is not worth cursing the emperor to death. If someone does this in the...

Question: Sometimes I voluntarily accept to be illusioned by Mayadevi. The mind takes control of me. How to keep the mind always under the control of intelligence?

Guru Maharaj: If we want to forget Krsna, then Krsna gives us the ability to forget Him. If we want to always remember Krsna, then He gives us the intelligence to come to Him. So, since you say you voluntarily surrender to maya. If you desire that you want to do...
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