Srila Prabhupada | Jayapataka Swami

Question: Who is Swami Narayan projected as the Supreme source by the BAPS temple in Gujarat? When we are preaching to the Gujarati community here, they have brought this question. And they have quoted various scriptures like Visnu Purana, Skanda Purana, Visnu Dharmotara purana, to prove that Swami Narayan who appeared 250 years ago is an avatari of the Lord.

Guru Maharaj: I don’t know about such predictions. If you have those you can send the copy to me. I read the book where Swami Narayan said he was a devotee. But later on, his followers made him an avatar. So Srila Prabhupada requested that his status as a jiva never...

Question: We are ever so grateful to you and to Srila Prabhupada, and cannot stop thanking both of you for your mercy. One question, please pardon me if it seems a little odd. You said the episode of Srila Prabhupada picking the cockroach by the back and a big cockroach, and then throwing it out of the window. Srila Prabhupada was very fearless and all, but guru Maharaj when I see a cockroach, the first thing that comes to mind is to kill it, say Hare Krishna and kill it. What should we do to be like you and Srila Prabhupada to be magnanimous and let that thing go. Flies and all are ok, but cockroach is deadly!

Guru Maharaj: You know. I know. So, you know Srila Prabhupada, unnecessarily, he did not kill any animal. Any insect. Even in Calcutta, we had a dark blue, velvet curtain in his room. Then Srila Prabhupada, said that it attracts many mosquitoes. So then the devotees...

Question: Srila Prabhupada traveled all over the world, but he never came to Bangladesh. Was there any special reason for that?

Guru Maharaj: He sent me and Srila Bhakti Caru Swami to Bangladesh. And he sent many different devotees to Bangladesh. When he went to Haridaspur and established a temple there, and then he spoke about Bangladesh. So maybe because he did not have anything at that time...

Question: We see that Srila Prabhupada’s disciples all of them, they have so much love for Srila Prabhupada. How do we develop that kind of love?

Guru Maharaj: Maybe some people only realized how much Srila Prabhupada was important only after he left. Just like when Lord Caitanya left Navadvipa and took sannyasa, so then many people felt great separation from Lord Gauranga. So we would hope that you don’t wait...

Question: Despite all adversities you have always continued to serve Srila Prabhupada without any interruption and we see sometimes devotees, they get upset on small things and they leave their services. And that really compromises everybody’s service to Srila Prabhupada. So how can we continue in your mood that not to leave services when offended and work together? Please guide us.

Guru Maharaj: Well, as I said, we owe everything to Srila Prabhupada. He could have stayed in Vrndavana. He would have easily got liberation. But he took a great headache, he came to the USA, came to Canada, and he gave us Krishna consciousness. So who thinks that...

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