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Q: How to understand my personal journey with Krishna?

A: A personal journey with Krishna begins with understanding, through the Bhagavad-gita, that Krishna i ...

Topic: Devotional Service | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 27 Apr 2023

Q: What are UFOs? Are they living entities from upper planets or lower planets?

A: Sometimes people report seeing objects in the sky that they are unable to identify as any known cele ...

Topic: Material world/Maya | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 27 Apr 2023

Q: What should a person ask Prabhupada and God while making prayer daily?

A: We are taught that our constant prayer should be, “Please engage me in Your devotional service.” Thi ...

Topic: Devotional Service | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 27 Apr 2023

Q: [Imp of planning in devotional service] In the previous section of the class, you mentioned the impo ...

A: Planning certainly has its place. There is a saying: "God helps those who help themselves." We shoul ...

Topic: Devotional Service | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.16.1 | Dated: 24 Dec 2024

Q: [Younger devotees handling praise and criticism] You explained how to handle praise. In the current ...

A: Authorities do not criticize; authorities correct and instruct. Young and inexperienced devotees may ...

Topic: Sadhu sanga | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.15.25-26 | Dated: 18 Dec 2024

Q: [Using flattery in preaching] Regarding flattery, there is a verse by Prabodhananda Sarasvati that S ...

A: Consider how parents encourage a child to eat. They may use a great deal of praise and encouragement ...

Topic: Preaching | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.15.25-26 | Dated: 18 Dec 2024

Q: [Is it authorized to declare oneself 'Ritvik'] People from the other side often ask: "Even if you sa ...

A: A ritvik can never be self-declared. A ritvik must be appointed. First of all, this is an institutio ...

Topic: Other camp | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.15.24 | Dated: 17 Dec 2024

Q: [Deviation by unauthorized Gurus harming SP's body-ISKCON] It is often said that ISKCON is the body ...

A: Yes, in that sense they wounded his body. If everything had been followed exactly as Srila Prabhupad ...

Topic: Other camp | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.15.24 | Dated: 17 Dec 2024

Q: [Which ritvik group is authentic] Even among ritvik groups, questions of legitimacy arise. New ritvi ...

A: The issue should not be viewed merely in terms of individual ritviks. The real question is whether t ...

Topic: Initiation | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.15.24 | Dated: 17 Dec 2024

Q: [Distinction between person in devotional service and sakama-bhakta] How is the process of devotiona ...

A: One does not become a pure devotee overnight. The journey generally begins from the stage of a sakam ...

Topic: Devotional Service | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.22.35 | Dated: 10 Dec 2024