Question: In the present situation where as grihastas, we want to take vanaprasta and lead a life reading the Srimad Bhagavatam and being Krsna conscious, the situation is such that I cannot disentangle myself because of various reasons. How to deal with this situation? Please guide dear Gurudeva.

Guru Maharaj: Very good question. I think that the people in their working lives, they should save ahead for their retirement. Then the point is that, we are not like in the Dvapara yuga or other yugas, that we go to the forest. Now there is no forest, they have cut...

Question: I want to know if after the age of 50 should I move back to India, or work here, serve here? Please tell me how to engage children in Kṛiṣhṇa consciousness movement, when they grow up to the age of 16.

Guru Maharaj: Śrīla Prabhupāda said that although in the Vedas it says pancham ūḍham padaṁ vrajet. But Śrīla Prabhupāda remarked that if the wife is cooperative, she is helping, then there is no need to take vanaprasta or sannyāsa. So whether you go back to India or...