Category: Questions

Welcome to Q&A with Bhakti Caitanya Swami!
Feel free to submit any questions you may have in relation to the process of bhakti yoga (Krishna consciousness) or philosophical questions about the purpose and meaning of life.
Please note that some of the questions submitted here will be published on this page for the benefit of others. Your queries may offer help to other spiritual practitioners. If you would like to remain anonymous, kindly let us know.
-
There is a craze for kirtan mela around the world. How do you see this rise in chanting the holy name?
Question: There is a craze for kirtan mela around the world. How do you see this rise in chanting the holy name? Answer: Well basically it’s very good. You know it’s a lot better to go a kirtan mela and get into the kirtan, it’s a lot better to do that than stay at home … Continue reading There is a craze for kirtan mela around the world. How do you see this rise in chanting the holy name?
-
Does Luck Exist?
Does luck exist? That’s a good question. We were just talking about something like that right? Someone just comes up and insults you, was it your bad luck? Or someone just hits you! I was a passenger in a motor car, a couple of years ago, and we’re driving along the highway, in Durban, South … Continue reading Does Luck Exist?
-
If you have a personal problem with a specific person and you cannot forgive that person, how does this affect your path to Krishna consciousness?
Question: If you have a personal problem with a specific person and you cannot forgive that person, how does this affect your path to Krishna consciousness? Answer: It’s a good point actually; it’s a very good point. We are conditioned souls but by the grace of the Lord we have taken to Krishna consciousness and … Continue reading If you have a personal problem with a specific person and you cannot forgive that person, how does this affect your path to Krishna consciousness?
-
Regarding association with devotees, we look forward to it. Sometimes due to politics, back biting or fault finding, devotee’s comment saying they feel so miserable. They compare with the outside people feeling that the outside people are better. Please comment.
Question: Regarding association with devotees, we look forward to it. Sometimes due to politics, back biting or fault finding, devotee’s comment saying they feel so miserable. They compare with the outside people feeling that the outside people are better. Please comment. Answer: See, that’s maya. Maya makes people who are spiritually weak think like that, … Continue reading Regarding association with devotees, we look forward to it. Sometimes due to politics, back biting or fault finding, devotee’s comment saying they feel so miserable. They compare with the outside people feeling that the outside people are better. Please comment.
-
Based on the passage below from the teachings of Lord Caitanya, following in the footsteps of Rupa and Sanatana Goswamis, what kind of rituals or prayers can devotees do to help remove obstacles that are obstructing their engagement in devotional service?
Question: Based on the passage below from the teachings of Lord Caitanya, following in the footsteps of Rupa and Sanatana Goswami’s, what kind of rituals or prayers can devotees do to help remove obstacles that are obstructing their engagement in devotional service? “Upon making this decision, the two brothers at once took steps to leave … Continue reading Based on the passage below from the teachings of Lord Caitanya, following in the footsteps of Rupa and Sanatana Goswamis, what kind of rituals or prayers can devotees do to help remove obstacles that are obstructing their engagement in devotional service?
-
-
-
-
MORE FROM CATEGORY
- How do you get over anger towards someone who leaves your spirit uneasy?
- Should one go on pilgrimage or should one stay and do service in one’s area? Will that be sufficient?
- Regarding the question of trustworthiness, that implies someone being trustworthy to someone else. It occurred to me, we have the example of the drunk doctor who gave very good advice to Srila Prabhupada if I’m not mistaken, to take morning walks. He certainly wasn’t self-controlled and yet in that specific way he was trustworthy. Conversely we’ve seen examples of very advanced devotees who are very fixed who may not have given the perfect ideal advice in terms of material considerations about a career or marriage or health etc. and so could you kindly speak a few words on this?
- Sometimes during kirtan, we hear it a bit frequently; some devotees tend to glorify ‘Radha Radha Radha’ or ‘Vrindavan me Radhe Radhe Radhe’ and so on. This song is very popular amongst devotees, we also hear devotees sing similar types of mantras during kirtan. Please could you give some light on this?
- How do we deal with different types of people?