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Q: [How to be sensitive to another devotee's devotional service] You mentioned that one who is not sens ...

A: Being sensitive first means not interfering with another devotee's devotional service. It is like wa ...

Topic: Devotional Service | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 3.22.20 | Dated: 22 Oct 2024

Q: [Connection between birth in a varna and devotional service] You mentioned that a person born in a k ...

A: In today's age, practically everyone's consciousness has become shudra-like. That is the general con ...

Topic: Devotional Service | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.14.41 | Dated: 16 Oct 2024

Q: [How devotees should handle corrupt politicians of current times] In the case of King Vena, when he ...

A: First of all, our business is not to curse anyone, and in any case, such curses would have no effect ...

Topic: Material world/Maya | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.14.39-40 | Dated: 15 Oct 2024

Q: [Misconduct in KC] Within ISKCON and Srila Prabhupada's mission, we sometimes hear about incidents w ...

A: We must first understand that people come to devotional service from many different levels of consci ...

Topic: Sense Gratification/Control | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.14.39-40 | Dated: 15 Oct 2024

Q: [How to have same determination for Service and Sadhana] You mentioned that Maya primarily attacks a ...

A: That is a very good observation. The reason is that, for a conditioned soul, determination for servi ...

Topic: Devotional Service | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.14.38 | Dated: 09 Oct 2024

Q: [How to know if one is truly free from lust] Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita that lust destroys bo ...

A: You cannot identify an exact moment when it happens. No one can say precisely when a person becomes ...

Topic: Sense Gratification/Control | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 3.22.18-19 | Dated: 25 Sep 2024

Q: [Is quantity of prasadam proportionate to spiritual benefit] You were speaking earlier about eating ...

A: From the spiritual perspective, material quantity does not matter. Every bit of prasadam helps spiri ...

Topic: Lord's Potencies | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 3.22.18-19 | Dated: 25 Sep 2024

Q: [Why sages are not stopping demonic people in current times] In the stories of King Nriga and King V ...

A: If we attentively hear and chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, we receive the full spiritual potency ...

Topic: Material world/Maya | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.14.30-31 | Dated: 24 Sep 2024

Q: [Can black magic affect devotees who are chanting?] Some congregation devotees recently asked whethe ...

A: If we attentively hear and chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, we receive the full spiritual potency ...

Topic: Chanting | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.14.30-31 | Dated: 24 Sep 2024

Q: [How to help people develop faith in chanting?] Today many devotees are facing attacks on their fait ...

A: Faith develops through preaching. Someone preached to us, and that preaching transformed our lives. ...

Topic: Preaching | Speaker: MPP | Shloka: SB 4.14.30-31 | Dated: 24 Sep 2024