ISTAGOSTHI: Questions and Answers with Swami Padmanabha — June 15, 2024

0:00 Swami Padmanabha shares a few words about his recent travel to NY and his attendance at the NY Ratha-yatra and the celebration of Bhaktisiddhanta’s life. He also offers his appreciation of Sudharma dasi, who passed away the previous night, and requests prayers and well-wishing for her transition.

05:37 I understand Guru means ideal representation of Krishna, but sometimes an individual Guru may not meet such standard. Is it offensive for a disciple to question the Guru's incomplete representation of Krishna? Since the disciple is supposed to have unwavering faith, where does a disciple draw a line of Guru aparad?

23:21 Does love have a transactional quality to it?

48:15 How would I see things if I were seeing everything nondually? How do you see the misbehavior of others and the things that go on in the world if we are seeing nondually?

01:00.59 How can we have faith or hope that chanting the Holy Name is the most important thing if we don’t have experience of that?

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