2024-12-05 - Answers to challenging questions

[@madanamohan]

(0:18) 1: How can we understand that Krishna is the source of Vishnu and not the other way around? (1:31) 2: Is the embodied soul active or inactive? (2:18) 3: Briefly explain how the soul is unchangeable and immovable (Bg 2.24) (2:53) 4: Can someone be a kanistha-adhikari and a pure devotee at the same time? (4:21) 5: Give a couple of examples of bhakti in the mode of ignorance. (5:30) 6: How is Arjuna, an eternal associate of the Lord, becomes bewildered? (5:57) 7: What does it mean that the pure devotee's body is spiritual? (6:44) 8: Is a nitya-siddha guru better than a sadhana-siddha guru? (8:45) 9: Is guru supposed to know past, present and future (tri-kala-jna)? (9:30) 10: Do statements from Srila Prabhupada's letters always have less authority than his statements in the books? (10:18) 11: Is illicit sex all sex outside of marriage or even sex within marriage without the intention of having children? (11:11) 12: Why devotees need to get up before brahma-muhurta? (12:14) 13: What is more serious, sensual fall-downs or philosophical deviations? (13:30) 14: Are you ready to take birth again (and again) to save all your disciples? (14:54) 15: What to do if we don't agree with a GBC decision? (15:55) 16: Are sannyasi gurus better than grihastha gurus? (16:33) 17: Can a brahmacari guru marry a disciple? (16:39) 18: Can a GBC Zonal Secretary prohibit a guru from initiating in a particular place? (16:58) 19: Is it OK for grihasthas to accept a salary from the temple? (17:23) 20: What if a disciple has a different opinion than the guru on managerial issues? (17:51) 21: Why should we remain in ISKCON? (18:25) 22: Explain Srila Prabhupada’s quote: "Women are generally considered less intelligent." (SB 7.2.35, purport) (19:26) 23: What's wrong with singing "Radhe, Radhe" during kirtana? (20:35) 24: Srila Prabhupada said that "by the year 2000 no one will see the light of day; cities will be forced to live underground." (SPL Vol 4, Ch. 13) How to explain that it didn't happen?

[@Poslednii-Pioner]

Hare Krishna 😊

[@i_lovemath]

Amazing 😍

[@sunnielledream6617]

Sounded like an exam 😃

[@madanamohan]

It was.

[@sunnielledream6617]

​@@madanamohan whatever you get with it, may it become another step towards Krishna ❤