mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanya īśvaram
Harihi oṁ tat sat
Jayapatākā Swami: Any questions?
Question: You said that everybody needs to take care of their parents. Then the brahmacārīs who have left their houses, how will they do it?
Jayapatākā Swami: If they have dedicated their lives to Kṛṣṇa, then they don’t owe anything to anyone. Sometimes people do things to serve their parents. So it depends how you balance your service to guru and Kṛṣṇa and how you take care of your parents.
Question: Could you please clarify the different effects of māyā and Kali-yuga?
Jayapatākā Swami: Mahāmāyā will always test you with material prosperity or property, it is not particularly tamasic, it just tests you. Kali is trying to sell us meat eating, intoxication, illicit sex, gambling. So he was caught by Parīkṣit Mahārāja for beating a cow and a bull. So Parīkṣit Mahārāja was going to punish him. But Kali surrendered to Parīkṣit Mahārāja. So a kṣatriya does not punish someone who has surrendered. So, Kali asked for some place to stay. So he gave him these four places. So he said these places don’t exist in your kingdom, please give me some place where I can stay. So, then Parīkṣit Mahārāja said that you can stay where there is hoarding of gold. Because where people hoard gold all the sinful activities are there.
Thank you all! See you tomorrow!
My blessings! Kṛṣṇe matir astu!
Lecture Suggetions
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20241102 Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (3.11.1)
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20241102 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.1-2
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20241102 Address to the ISKCON Chowpatty Kārtika Yātrā Day 2
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20241101 Address to the ISKCON Chowpatty Kārtika Yātrā
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20241031 Address to the Devotees on the Occasion of Jvāla Narasiṁha Festival in TOVP
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20241026 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.13-14
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20241019 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.5
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20241015 Initiation Address
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20241012 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.39
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20241012 Address to ISKCON Nepal Devotees (Day 3)
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20241011 Address to ISKCON Nepal Devotees (Day 2)
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20241010 Address to ISKCON Nepal Devotees (Day 1)
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20241006 Address to South and West Odisha Nāma-haṭṭa Sammelan
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20241005 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.31
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20241003 Address West Medinipur and Jhargram Nāma-haṭṭa Sammelan
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20241002 Śrī Caitanya-śikṣāmṛta Class
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20241001 Śrī Caitanya-śikṣāmṛta Class
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20240929 Śrī Caitanya-śikṣāmṛta Class
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20240929 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.24
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20240928 Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (3.9.24)
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20240928 Śrī Caitanya-śikṣāmṛta Class
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20240927 Addressing Malda and South Dinajpur District Nāma-haṭṭa Sammelan
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20240926 Nāmahaṭṭa Class (Malda & Dankuni)
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20240925 Śrī Caitanya-śikṣāmṛta Class
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20240918 Bhādra Pūrṇīma Address
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20240917 Evening Address
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20240915 Initiation Address
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20240914 Question-and-Answer Session
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20240911 Rādhāṣṭamī Address
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20240909 Hare Kṛṣṇa National Convention Address