Sadhu Vani

Q: [How to approach Shiva's devotees] You told us how to build bridges with peoplw who worship demigods ...

A: Shiva is a sensitive and nuanced subject. With some people, it helps to say that even Lord Rama wors ...

Q: [Devotees commenting on world's incidents] When an incident happens in the world like Chandrayana II ...

A: One is the truth itself. As individual devotees, we must always understand the truth through Srimad ...

Q: [Going beyond the Guru] Mayawadis follows only Guru and not the God. In Vaishnava philoshpy also we ...

A: Guru and śiṣya—we understand this relationship as eternal. The soul of the guru is eternal, and I, a ...

Q: [Sense gratification of false prestige by mind] Mind enjoyment was one thing for the sense pleasure ...

A: When we say chittam, we are referring to the subtle body, which has three aspects—mind, intelligence ...

Q: [Liking or disliking prasadam] You mentioned that trust your Krishna consciousness and not your mind ...

A: There is a transcendental understanding of prasādam, and there is also the experience of our materia ...

Q: [Matter acquiring vishudh sattva quality] Can we have one more angle of seeing this like any matter ...

A: Yes, that is also a fact. We have to clearly distinguish between matter and material energy. Matter ...

Q: [Six enemies impacting our current life] You mentioned about the six enemies that mentioned in the i ...

A: This influence continues through every form of life until one becomes a devotee. It is not that with ...

Q: [Changing one's personality by yoga] You told about switching between emotions and sticking to one e ...

A: By the practice of yoga, this is definitely possible, because yoga essentially means detaching from ...

Q: [Reading books written by others on Raas leela] Particularly devotees reading many other books other ...

A: You don’t even clearly know that you are the soul—then what are you trying to understand? First you ...

Q: [Switching from one rasa to another] In this verse it is being said that Lord Krishna used to stand ...

A: This is one of the opulences of Krishna—in Him, the person and all His roles are absolute and non-di ...