Mataji (1): What one should do if one feels that she or he, one has no one to turn to, that she's been so much disappointed that she can find no one to trust and no one to turn to for advice...
Mataji: My husband died, but I have 2 grown-up daughters and I don't feel like I should be taking vanaprastha, but I would like to understand what's my duty and behavior towards my family and myself as a woman, how should I behave and what are the rules in that
Prabhu: I want to ask what are the husband's responsibilities in connection with these wife's spiritual programs, and what are his responsibilities in everyday life?
Gain from the mentor what they can do. A language teacher can teach language, a math teacher can teach math, a history teacher can teach history. So, like that, you go to language teacher for language, not for math. If they know what they are talking about in marriage, then
Prabhu: In the lectures here as you gave in 1997 you said that the husband should act as a temple president, and the wife as a temple commander. Could you explain? HH BVPS Maharaja: Are you sure? I would have probably said, the husband is like the GBC, the wife
Mataji: If the husband or the wife cannot be faithful to the other, whose fault is this? The fault of both or just one? HH BVPS Maharaja: This is a very dangerous yatra [Laughter]. It can be both. It's very complex, this one, it takes a great amount of maturity
Prabhu: When we read in the Bhagavatam that Krishna appears in all species of life to call back the living entities, how to understand this? HH BVPS Maharaja: Means? Oh, okay. Means, we've already seen Him come as a Fish, as a Turtle, as a Boar, like that. So every
MAN WOMAN INTERACTION LECTURE #8 Eger, Hungary, 3rd Aug 2007 Part 2 http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/seminars/manwoman97/20070803_2_BVPS_Eger_Hungary.mp3 HH BVPS Maharaja: Who is the Saci-suta? Mataji: He is not here. HH BVPS Maharaja: He is not here, I see. That makes it that much easier. [Laughter] I can answer in 5 minutes, and he is
MAN WOMAN INTERACTION LECTURE #7 Eger, Hungary, 3rd Aug 2007 Part 1 http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/seminars/manwoman97/20070803_1_BVPS_Eger_Hungary.mp3 HH BVPS Maharaja: So we'll begin with these questions on the varnashrama. So it opens with... Written question: Problem nowadays, how to realize Daivi-varnashrama? HH BVPS Maharaja: It's a matter of understanding. Only if you understand then