Bhaktivedanta Ashram

Rajo-guna and the Brahmavaivarta Purana

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 31, 2005 | 3,902 views

Question: How can anyone include a Vedic text that describes the Glories of Lord Krishna, like the Brahmavaivarta Purana, as being in the rajo-guna (mode of passion). Could you please explain?

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Angels, baptism, creation, death, devil, God, heaven, hell, and prayer

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 31, 2005 | 4,129 views

Question: Angels, baptism, creation, death, devil, God, Heaven, Hell, Prayer. What are your belief’s on these topics, and what are your disbeliefs?

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Chanting Mantras Without a Guru

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 31, 2005 | 19,996 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 | 9,642 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 | 6,083 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 | 4,627 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 | 4,027 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 | 5,359 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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