| Questions and Answers |
This Page is meant for YOUR questions. Please ask anything you want to know in relation to vaishnavism.
Your questions will be answered by our Founder Srila B. A. Paramadvati Maharaj personally or by one of his close assistants.
Q: Why is it that Vaishnavas so easily fight together?
A: To be of not the same opinion and to discuss about,
is a natural process and healthy for our individual
growing up.
But to be agitated about and in some cases even to call
in question the relationship, is a awful thing for
me, and in fact completely usless. It is a proof for
our Kali-Yuga-Samskara.
Therefore I implore all devotees, to see such situations
as the oportunity to cultivate the own maturity and
as a special lesson in "trinad api sunicena".
In this way we will receive more and faster the blessings.
Q: There are some gurus who say one should repeat the holy name a set number of times daily and others who say quality is more important. I humbly ask your view on this maharaj.
A: The fixed number of rounds are given to the disciple
at the moment of initiation. Further instructions on
chanting are received by the disciple as he advances.
Different Acaryas have given different numbers to their
disciples on different occasions. But whether they
told them to chant 64, 32, 16 or 4 rounds, all Acaryas
have given the same essence to their disciples which
is: Always think of Krishna and never forget him.
We have witnessed cases, where Srila Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada
and Srila Sridhar Maharaj have given priority to quality
over quantity. Also moments where important services
were given priority over chanting a fixed number of
rounds. I personally tell those who come to my spiritual
family to chant 16 rounds daily and to chant in service
emergencies a minimum of 4 rounds.
But it is true that we westerners have a tendency to
be negligent and therefore it becomes clear that sixteen
rounds at least give a solid base of encountering the
material struggle of every day with some spiritual
energy. But to limit the whole issue to a number issue
means to do away with many other very important issues
of the transcendental philosophy. In that connection
definitely the degree of eagerness, spiritual greed
is of importance and not the routinely execution of
any regulative principle.
That is my humble offering to you for your consideration.
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