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Q: Arjuna is said to be soft-hearted, not weak in the first chapter of the Gita but in the second chapt ...

A: This is a very good question. In the first chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna expresses deep compa ...

Topic: Sense Gratification/Control | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 23 Mar 2023

Q: If one is born in a family whose family tradition is slaughtering and parents insist on meat eating, ...

A: If someone belongs to a family where animal slaughter and meat-eating are traditional, and their par ...

Topic: Preaching | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 23 Mar 2023

Q: What is the ultimate purpose of the appearance of Prabhupada on earth? What does Prabhupada desire f ...

A: The ultimate purpose of Srila Prabhupada's appearance is the same as the ultimate purpose of Lord Kr ...

Topic: Sadhu sanga | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 23 Mar 2023

Q: While watching Bhagavatam lecture, where is doing and knowing attention?

A: While chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, your attention should be on chanting each mantra clearl ...

Topic: Sense Gratification/Control | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 23 Mar 2023

Q: We see most women in the previous generations and some in this generation, did not work at all, they ...

A: I cannot comment on whether it is practical or impractical to return to that social system in the pr ...

Topic: Material world/Maya | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 23 Mar 2023

Q: Srila Prabhupada and even other acharyas like Shankaracharya say that friends and relatives are only ...

A: The scriptures explain that when a person accumulates wealth without using it in Krishna's service, ...

Topic: Material world/Maya | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 23 Mar 2023

Q: How does Srila Prabhupada say so confidently that anyone can be made into a pure Vaishnava?

A: Srila Prabhupada makes this statement because he is simply repeating the teachings of the scriptures ...

Topic: Preaching | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 23 Mar 2023

Q: How does one get an experience of the higher taste of bhakti to automatically give up other material ...

A: It is a fact that the material world offers countless allurements. They exist in many forms, from ve ...

Topic: Sense Gratification/Control | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 23 Mar 2023

Q: As we grow older, we tend to reminisce on the enjoyments of childhood and youthhood, more innocent a ...

A: Actually, the happiness experienced in the spiritual world is completely incomparable to anything fo ...

Topic: Spiritual World | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 23 Mar 2023

Q: Why did Lord Ramachandra ask Lakshmana to leave mother Sita in Valmiki’s Ashram while She was said t ...

A: The first point we should understand is that the Ramayana describes the transcendental pastimes of L ...

Topic: Lord's Potencies | Speaker: Stoka Krishna Swami | Shloka: Q&A session | Dated: 23 Mar 2023