Viṣṇu (Chaitra) Māsa

My dear dīkṣā, sheltered, aspiring, śikṣā, grand disciples, and well-wishers, Please accept my blessings and best wishes. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Home base: Sri Māyāpur Chandrodaya Mandir Camp: ILBS Hospital, Delhi I saw that today in Māyāpur, all the Deities...

Govinda Māsa

My dear dīkṣā, sheltered, aspiring, śikṣā, grand disciples, and well-wishers, Please accept my blessings and best wishes. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Written from my Home base: Sri Māyāpur Chandrodaya Mandir Wish you a very happy Gaura Pūrṇimā Festival and...

Question: Often youths who are cultivated and brought up in bhakti life, have to move to other places for jobs and stay there. It not only increases the physical distance from the counsellor, but also dilutes the relationship to some extent since it is not possible for him to come and associate regularly with his devotee family. Also, he may face difficulties in accepting a new authority at a new place. In such situations how can he feel spiritually connected to his counsellor?

Jayapataka Swami: You see, this is the difficulty with working in the material world. And one chooses to work in the material world, or to be part of the ashram, few devotes join the ashram, many people work outside. So working outside, then these are the problems. I...

Question: When we are staying in VOICE, at that time we can do our devotional activities very easily, but when we go to our home we become slow in devotional life. At that time, our parents tell that you can take rest, no problem. So at that time, we, specifically, I, cannot get up for attendance and unable to complete 16 rounds. Now I am realizing that without anyone’s pushing or forcing, I cannot develop my devotional life. But I am trying. So my question is: What will help me to come out from this kind of situation and I can develop my taste in Krsna consciousness, without being forced by anyone? I don’t know whether this question is understandable or not?

Jayapataka Swami: Well, one of the things that is recommended in devotional service is good association. One of the things that is not recommended is bad association. It may not be that anybody is pushing you but it may be that since you are in good association, it is...