Question: Guru Mahārāja, the Lord acts independently, as He is Paramātmā in our hearts knows our desires and necessities. So, when we have problems in material life, should we offer prayers for that or just keep chanting and depending on the Lord,that He will give the intelligence to act. Your servant, Padmāsakhī Devī Dāsī

Guru Maharaj: We don’t want to ask the Lord for something material. We don’t want to reduce our devotional service to some kind of business deal. “I served You, You give me what I want!” If there is something that we think is useful for our devotional service, we can...