Srimad Bhagavatam | Jayapataka Swami

Question: Daily I read Śrīmad Bhāgavatam but I also want to read other books like Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa Book and other books. How do I manage my reading of different books?

Jayapataka Swami: Lord Caitanya said we should read Kṛṣṇa’s teachings. Bhagavad-gītā is Kṛṣṇa’s teachings, it is spoken by Kṛṣṇa. And those who have read Bhagavad-gītā, they can go on to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. And the Kṛṣṇa Book is the summary study of the 10th canto of...

Question: Many times we have to plan to perform devotional service and because of physical stress or mental stress or some reason we are not able to do our devotional service as we planned for. Seeking your blessings of how to overcome this mental sickness.

Jayapataka Swami: Blessings! Krsnematirastu. By reading the Srimad Bhagavatam, that helps one to purify the mind. 10-Dec-2020 ŚRĪ MĀYĀPUR DHAM, INDIA

Question: Where did the great sage Dvaipāyana Vyāsadeva receive the inspiration to compile this great literature?

Jayapataka Swami: He felt that after writing all the 17 Purāṇas, 108 Upaniṣads, the Mahābhārata, the Vedānta sūtra, the four Vedas he still felt dissatisfied. His spiritual master was Nārada muni. So he asked him this question, why do I feel dissatisfied? Nārada muni...

Question: Why don’t we get any benefit from hearing Srimad Bhagavatam from professional reciters and atheists?

Guru Maharaj: Srimad Bhagavatam is the special science of bhakti yoga, devotional service. How will those who are atheistic, understand what is devotional service? And how will they make others understand? They will explain in an impersonal or different way. That way,...

Question: I am now taking Bhakti Vaibhava course and although I am enjoying it immensely, I sometimes feel that Srimad Bhagavatam is so advanced that I find it difficult to understand – particularly, the 5th Canto. How should we approach the Bhagavatam or how should or could we understand better?

Guru Maharaj: Anyway, I think that Sukadeva Gosvami explained in Srimad Bhagavatam that nobody can understand and explain the universe. So he tried to do something, but he expressed his incapability of properly doing it. So don’t worry about not understanding the 5th...

« Older Entries