sadhu vani

Q: [Does patience, soberness come only through experience?] You mentioned that people become entangled ...

A: Everything originates from your desire. Ask yourself, "What is my fundamental desire?" If material d ...

Q: [What does 'power' mean in KC?] You mentioned that a devotee never thinks there is a shortage of pow ...

A: Power has many forms. Money is power in this world. There is influence, speaking ability, intelligen ...

Q: [Proper way of enjoying power in KC] Sometimes, by the mercy of Krishna and the authorities, a devot ...

A: If someone derives happiness by engaging power in the service of the Lord, that is perfectly appropr ...

Q: [How can a devotee remain happy in adverse situations] You said that by chanting Hare Krishna we sho ...

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Q: [Chanting managing our karma throughout the day] If we perform our chanting properly, with sincerity ...

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Q: [How I got captured by maya in Vaikuntha?] Constitutionally, I was originally taking pleasure in ser ...

A: You should continue chanting and rendering devotional service for another ten or fifteen years. Then ...

Q: [How chanting can exhaust both pain and pleasure quota?] Earlier you explained how to exhaust both o ...

A: They are not the same. The body and the mind undergo tapasya, while the soul experiences spiritual p ...

Q: [How jiva interacts with 24 elements?] In one lecture I heard that all living entities are tiny unit ...

A: The soul interacts with the twenty-four material elements as the knower of the field (kshetrajna). C ...

Q: [Does our conviction in KC gets affected by 3 modes?] You mentioned that determination and convictio ...

A: Yes. In the beginning, even our conviction in Krishna consciousness is influenced by the three modes ...

Q: [Does 'context' mean response to a situation?] When you speak about context, do you mean our respons ...

A: No. That is why I first defined what I mean by context. Within our mind there are many interconnecte ...