Questions And Answers: Devotee Care

Can we bring some serious issues to the court if devotees are involved, if we cannot solve the issue among devotees in a peaceful way, civil matters like money, heritage and property?
Questioner: Devotee
Date: 2023-12-13
Jayapatākā Swami: Obviously, this is a specific issue
and without knowing the details,
it is hard to say.
I don’t want to be quoted that, “Oh, gurudeva told me to go to the court!”
Since I don’t know the details.
Generally, we try to exhaust all the possibilities of mediation and arbitration and everything,
then only when there is no choice,
we think about going to the court.
Court is also very – like some of our devotees were sitting in the court they were getting bitten by the bed-bugs in the wooden benches,
sucking their blood.
So, some lawyer said you can put down the legal paper
and sit on that,
all the lawyers were reincarnated as bug!
So, they could suck blood,
but they respect the legal papers
and so they won’t bite you if you sit on the legal papers! Ha! Ha!
So going to court is also very time consuming and expensive option.
So, we have to take the proper guidance whether such an adventure will be worth the time and energy.
Better to worship Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
Category: [Day-to-day Life], [Devotee Care]
Dear Guru Mahārāja, when we are serving in devotee association, especially with different leaders, there is lots of disunity, misunderstanding, etc. Guru Mahārāja, how can we respect each other and serve lovingly?
Questioner: Mahādhāma Vṛndāvana dāsa
Date: 2024-10-28
Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya wrote the Śikṣāṣṭaka.
The third verse is that we should be humble and tolerant like grass.
Glorify the good qualities in other devotees
and do not expect any praise for yourself.
In this way, you will be able to chant the holy name all the time.
Category: [Devotee Care], [Vaiṣṇava Dealings], [Vaiṣṇava Dealings / Etiquette / Sadācāra]
How can I encourage my godsister to be more serious in spiritual life. If she is not able to take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness seriously, and losing taste in devotional activities, how can I help her?
Questioner: Saṅgītamayī Gopī devī dāsī
Date: 2022-01-05
Jayapatākā Swami: I don’t know why she is losing taste
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
And we should see what the cause is
and try to answer that problem.
If she chants Pañca-tattva mantra more often,
that may help her to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and get more taste.
If she doesn’t feel connected with me, then she could download the Jayapatākā Swami App,
and read the regular message postings.
Category: [Devotee Care]
How the devotees from Russia and Ukraine should stay united and not slide down in this political fighting between the two countries?
Questioner: Devotee
Date: 2023-03-13
Jayapatākā Swami: When I was in Canada, I told my pūrvāśrama parents that I had joined Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
And my father said, I should come back immediately and be in the American Army and fight in Vietnam.
So I asked Śrīla Prabhupāda what should I do?
He told me, better you serve in Kṛṣṇa’s army.
So I have been in Kṛṣṇa’s army ever since.
And I am very happy to have visited Russia.
And I also went to Siberia, and I think I went to Omsk.
I also went to Vladivostok, to the Urals,
then to Yekaterinburg and various places.
But now I stay mostly in India, but I travel a little bit.
I think that devotees, they are above these designations of nations.
So, we try to help the devotees from both Russia and Ukraine.
They are all part of Kṛṣṇa’s family.
This war is very superficial.
We hope that people will take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Rather than trying to kill each other!
Haribol!
Category: [Devotee Care], [Material Sufferings], [Material World], [Vaiṣṇava Dealings], [Vaiṣṇava Dealings / Association (Sādhu-saṅga)]
How to encourage a devotee to render unalloyed service to the Lord? And in doing that how can I have that state of mind of being patient and help that devotee to serve and love Kṛṣṇa?
Questioner: Saṅgītamayī Gopī devī dāsī
Date: 2022-01-05
Jayapatākā Swami: Rendering unalloyed service to Kṛṣṇa is a very rare thing.
We heard that out of millions of people, one people looks for spiritual life.
Out of thousands of those who seek spiritual life,
one finds it.
Of those thousands of those who find it,
it is rare to find one that becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious.
So, we should encourage everyone to serve Kṛṣṇa.
And we should be good example of pure unalloyed love.
We should be serving the Lord without any ulterior motive.
That way, naturally we will feel very blissful.
That would inspire others to also take it up
selflessly.
So thank you very much for your enthusiasm.
We see that just as the water from the rivers go to the ocean,
we can see your devotion is heading towards Kṛṣṇa.
Normally the heart is thinking of all material things.
So if you are thinking about serving Kṛṣṇa and bringing people closer to Kṛṣṇa,
then naturally you will get special mercy. Hare Kṛṣṇa!
Category: [Devotee Care]
Should priority be given to training the new devotees or encouraging and giving time to the existing devotees?
Questioner: Keśava-kṛpā Sindhu dāsa
Date: 2022-09-22
Category: [Devotee Care], [Sādhanā / Preaching], [Sādhanā / Technicalities]
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