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Q: [How to reduce sense gratification impulses] For a person who has just started coming to the temple ...

A: Nothing surprising—this is the natural process. As I said, spiritual life is a battle. And why does ...

Q: [Difference between demigods and devotee/Sakama & Niskama bhakti] You mentioned that the demigods ar ...

A: Enjoyment itself is not the problem—the problem is seeking enjoyment as the primary goal. When enjoy ...

Q: [Mayawadi's liberation] Mayawadis also understand that I'm not the body and I am the soul. So accord ...

A: They cannot come out of material existence permanently by their own effort. That is why A. C. Bhakti ...

Q: [Detachment from sex life] In the Second Canto, Chapter 6, Text 28 of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Srila P ...

A: We have to consciously move away from material indulgence—especially material sex life in this world ...

Q: Do the pure devotees have the sex desire, sex urge?

A: No, no—these are all insignificant for a pure devotee. In a pure devotee, such material impulses are ...

Q: [Lord's reciprocation-how can we know?] This is one of the thing which every sincere devotee would b ...

A: The main point I was making is this: you must cultivate activated faith. Philosophical faith is nece ...

Q: How to increase the quality of association with sadhus?

A: First of all, we should follow the direction given by the Goswamis and our previous ācāryas. The pri ...

Q: [Cultiavting taste in reading SP's books] You mentioned that reading Srila Prabhupada's books is not ...

A: As a sādhaka, you read and you chant. By sincerely practicing in this way, taste for chanting will g ...

Q: [Best way to read SP's books] I heard from so many devotees that the first reading should be like ju ...

A: Take everything together as a whole. But don’t approach the first step as something you must mechani ...

Q: [When someone sees the Deity as a stone] In a previous class, we discussed that the Deity has an ete ...

A: There are broadly three ways in which a person can see the deity. First, one sees only what the phys ...