Jayapataka Swami: This is a big problem in India that although people are vegetarian, they eat onion and garlic. Actually, the onion and garlic, we can’t offer to any – what to speak of Viṣṇu – even Śiva or Durgā, anyone. Because, the śāstra says that...
Guru Maharaj: First I would like to wish a happy birthday, happy appearance day. Maybe since you know your parents, I don’t know them as such, how much would they be willing to take the advice of their daughter. Sometimes parents are very proud, sometimes you have to...
Guru Maharaj: Well there is no loss for the parents. But as Srila Bhaktisiddanta Saraswati Thakur said, if every child could be a devotee, he would be a grihasta and have a hundred children. There is no guarantee, you can try your best and hopefully they will become...