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Chanting Mantras Without a Guru

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 31, 2005 | 23,274 views

Question: I have been chanting this mantra: ‘Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare’ as taught by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Ji in his books. But time and time again I read (mostly on the internet) that one should not chant self-prescribed mantras, and that one should receive a mantra from a Guru. I won’t find a Guru unless I really sincerly want to find God and have purified myself. So until such a time that I meet my Guru, how do I carry on my Sadhana? Can I continue chanting the above mantra?

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Sex in the Spiritual World?

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 31, 2005 | 10,595 views

Question: In Srimad Bhagavatam 5.17.12, Srila Prabhupada explains that people have sex in the spiritual world and there is no possibility of conception there. How is sex possible between different persons in the spiritual world and how can they be Krishna conscious at the same time?

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Cows and Lord Krishna

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 31, 2005 | 6,681 views

Quote from a letter we received: According to my understanding Hindus worship cows because they were our livelihood.

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Why do we have rituals for a dead body?

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 31, 2005 | 5,046 views

Question: I have read some books written by gurus, etc. My question is if Hinduism says that the soul leaves the body at the time of death, why do we have rituals for the dead body and why there is still the practice of ancestor worship? Is it part of Hinduism?

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Why are there so many Gods in Hinduism?

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 31, 2005 | 4,419 views

Question: I am interested to know why Hinduism has more than 1,000 gods. I have been given the answer that different people pray to god in different forms, one as Shiva, another as Vishnu, but this is not convincing.

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Origins of the Caste System?

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 28, 2005 | 5,766 views

Question: Could you please tell me where the caste system originated from, if the majority of hindus recognize it, and where the current caste system problems stem from.

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Question on Kalki Avatar

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 28, 2005 | 7,203 views

Question: <Original question has been lost.>

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Who is the founder of Hinduism?

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 28, 2005 | 94,405 views

Question: Who is the founder of Hinduism?

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How did the soul deviate from the Lord?

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 28, 2005 | 5,904 views

Question: If god resides in everybody (as we believe in the soul concept of hinduism), how come He is good, dutiful, and noble in some and wicked and deceitful in another? And if it were our previous actions that decide our state of affairs, then there would have been a time when all were good. How did the soul deviate form the lord?

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