ISTAGOSTHI: Questions and Answers with Swami Padmanabha — April 20, 2024 from 2024 Swami Padmanabha

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ISTAGOSTHI: Questions and Answers with Swami Padmanabha — April 20, 2024

1 hour 56 minutes Posted Apr 20, 2024 at 3:00 pm.

Swami Padmanabha powerfully reflects on the importance of the reality “There is only one family” and on that basis coming together, talking and thinking about what our contribution is in this time; what is necessary in this particular moment that we can respond to; coming together and looking at each other’s faces…in each other’s eyes, and being as close as we can be—allowing each other to have a voice, furthering our appreciation for the depth of the reality that there is only one family in which we all already belong; everything is connected.

I often feel I don’t fully understand what is being conveyed in sacred texts and in conversations between devotees. There are phrases that are commonly used but I don’t understand what they mean. Can you please explain what is meant by “Lotus Feet”? Why lotus? Why feet? What do the markings on Krishna’s feet represent?

Is it really free choice that brought us to be where we are today?

It seems like there are qualities, like pride, that come as we advance in our bhakti practice that actually work against us. Can you please explain how to deal with this?

How can we deepen our experience in bhakti?

How can we improve relations between members of traditional parivars and contemporary expressions of Gaudiya Vaishnavism?

Can you speak more about “repression, suppression, depression” that you write about in the Individuation Chapter in Radical Personalism?

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Step into this profound exchange, nestled within the embrace of caring, seasoned companionship. Here, kindred spirits come together as brothers and sisters, courageously embracing their uncertainties.

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