Sadhu Vani

Q: [Is form of the Lord an image created by our senses?] Scientists have come up with a theory that wha ...

A: We often say that what we perceive is not actually what exists independently. What we experience is ...

Q: How Atma looks?

A: The soul also has a form. Prabhupāda explains that the ātmā has a spiritual body with the same kinds ...

Q: [How to make further progress in spiritual life] As you were mentioning that in this material world ...

A: The satisfaction you are referring to is comparative or relative satisfaction — “I am better than so ...

Q: [How super soul gives intelligence to thief and householder] Lord told in Bhagvat Gita that I am int ...

A: See, this is what I explained. Even though the Lord is transcendental to material nature and does no ...

Q: [Mind control] You have said that our brain is filled with so much of chemicals to be released. So a ...

A: Our brain is not filled with chemicals; it is equipped with mechanisms that produce chemicals. If th ...

Q: We fear because of being afraid to a fall down and because of fear we get attracted also. So how do ...

A: As I just explained, the issue is not fear itself. First comes respect—respect for the Lord’s nature ...

Q: [How Sat is power rasa] In one of your previous lecture you told that among the sat cit Ananda, sat ...

A: Yeah. Sat means existence — that which truly is. What exists? Ultimately, whatever exists is either ...

Q: [Bodily concept even if parmatma is there] You said that we are in the bodily concepts because parma ...

A: Krishna says that unless He gives remembrance, the sense “I am this body” cannot remain constantly. ...

Q: How can part-time practitioners, like congregation members, discern whether a preacher is controlled ...

A: Therefore, this dovetailing is essential. That is why it is said one cannot make progress in spiritu ...

Q: [Our position before we came to the material world] We all know that we want to Lord it over this ma ...

A: You are eternal; every living entity is eternal. Krishna states that there was never a time when you ...