Question: Couple of days back it was mentioned that Ramanujacarya’s servant told his wife that everything a disciple has belongs to his or her guru. In our parampara, Srila Prabhupada gives the example of Rupa Goswami, 50% to be given to guru and Krsna, to be followed by Iskcon devotees. My question is, is there any sastric injunction in this regard, or the standard differs from parampara to parampara?

Jayapataka Swami: We accept that – when I stepped on a nail and got foot infection, Srila Prabhupada wrote me a letter, and said, you have given your body to Krsna, at the time of initiation. So you should take care of it. So, although we think that everything is the property of guru and Krsna, Krsna gives us back the property to take care of it on His behalf! So, this is a sastric injunction, so it doesn’t vary between one sampradaya and another.
02-MARCH-2020 SRI MAYAPUR DHAM, INDIA