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Question: Why did Guru Maharaj (Bhakti Caru Swami) have to leave his body in America? Devotees would love to leave either in Vrndavana or sacred, holy place.

Guru Maharaj: If you wouldn’t have left, maybe he wouldn’t have left his body. It is difficult to say what the plan of Krsna is. But somehow, he was distributing prasadam to the doctors and nurses of that hospital, before he was sick. And they have great respect for...

Question: How can we preach to our relatives and neighbors who generally think that earning money and caring only for the bodily maintenance is the goal of life? Chanting, following spiritual principles, etc., are waste of time.

Guru Maharaj: That is what we are doing At least they are your relatives, they will listen to you. You can see what works. flattery, or just hard heart talk. This time, there is pandemic in the world. People are dying. People are getting sick. Maybe you have some...

Question: How to preach and convince people in short duration of time? Eg. Train, marketplace, etc.

Guru Maharaj: In a Time, place and circumstance, what is your goal? In a marketplace what are you going to do? If you can get people to buy a book and they may read it for hours and hours and they can have some understanding. So what you speak in the market? Some...

Question: My question is even while doing service, the mind will say that current service is not good. While doing sadhana, mind tells us to do some service. Kindly guide me how to overcome this.

Guru Maharaj: I was chanting 32 rounds a day. I felt very proud. I was thinking I was doing sadhana. Srila Prabhupada asked me what I am doing? I said, I am chanting 32 rounds! I thought Srila Prabhupada would be very happy! He said, if you stay all day and chant, who...

Question: What should I do to become a good devotee?

Guru Maharāj: Always remember Kṛṣṇa and Never Forget Kṛṣṇa. This is why we follow the four regulative principles, we chant 16 rounds japa daily, read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books daily, as far as possible, as per your capacity please preach. 08-Aug-2020 SRI MAYAPUR DHAM,...

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