ISTAGOSTHI: Questions and Answers with Swami Padmanabha — June 15, 2024
1 hour 17 minutesPosted Jun 15, 2024 at 3:00 pm.
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.
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?
Does love have a transactional quality to it?
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?
.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?