Swami B. V. Tripurari

Questions on today’s Swami call: Is it good to encourage children to chant japa, or is it better for them to wait until they are mature enough to understand the deeper meaning of the practice? Who was it that first said there are no hard and fast rules to chanting the holy names of Sri Krishna? The statements about the holy name speaking of its extraordinary power, as shown by the transformation o...

Questions on today’s Swami call: Can you clarify what it means when Sri Krishna’s associates expand along with him from one lila to another, such as from Vrindavana to Dvaraka? Bharata Maharaja was reborn as a deer for becoming attached to a fawn he was taking care of after its mother died. How are we to understand this story in light of the teaching that our practice should soften our heart? Sast...

Q&A: First Day of Kartika-Vrata 2022 October 9, 2022

Questions on today’s Swami call: 3 min Sometimes the guru’s behavior may seem awkward, but at the same time it can’t be expected of the guru to conform to every disciple’s sensibilities. Instead, the disciple is expected to accept the guru as he or she is. At the same time, there are extreme examples of people who are supposed to be gurus but behave very badly. Considering all of this, how do we h...

Questions on today's Swami call: 1 min If desire for material gain was purified through bhakti (as in the case of Dhruva Maharaja), how come desire for liberation is not (as in the case of jnanis who do bhakti and end up in sayujya-mukti)? 20 min If someone has a desire for mukti as their foremost desire, I assume there is no place in Krishna-lila for them. Does that include Dwaraka? Would suc...

Questions on today's Swami call:  2 min: Have our gaudiya acaryas differentiated between the atma and the jiva? 8 min: Consideing the differing descriptions of details in Sriman Mahaprabhu's lila given in Sri Caitanya Bhagavata and Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, how much historical credibility do these biographies carry? 16 min: What does it mean to chant the holy names as a service? 21 min: Can...

Questions on today’s Swami call: 0 min Sometimes Sri Sri Gaura Nitai are depicted as white and sometimes golden. Is there any special significance to this? 0 min Considering the circumstances of Junior Haridas begging rice from Madhavi, Sriman Mahaprabhu’s treatment of him is hard to understand. Can you explain this? 14 min Could the descriptions of seva in the song Radha Krsna Prana Mora apply to...

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- Sri Radhastami 2022: Where Madhurya and Sakhya Meet

0min When one part of the Sri Krishna’s lila has been played out in this universe, is it that it immediately begins in another universe? 15min Are the aprakat and the prakat lila two separate things, or is there any overlapping? Is one the expansion of the other? 23min What kind of love does Krishna have for sadhakas? 39min What is the significance of the time of the day that Gopa Kumara enters Kr...

Questions on today’s Swami call: 0min What is the difference between an avatara and an expansion of Sri Krishna? 4min Why does Krishna take different shapes when he comes to this world? 16min Are the sakhas ever amazed at Krishna’s aisvarya manifestations such as killing demons? 20min Is there a difference in meaning among terms like muni, rishi, etc.? 21min Are Prabhupada’s letters to you availab...

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- August 20, 2022 -- Sri Nandotsava and Srila Prabhupada's Appearance Day

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- August 14, 2022: Japa Retreat 2022 -- Pranama is the Essence of Vandanam

Swami B. V. Tripurari Baladeva Purnima class August 11, 2022 - Delving Into Rama-Nama

Questions on today’s Swami call: 0min Where should we draw the line about how much and to who we can speak about confidential aspects of bhakti? 11min How can we understand the different descriptions of how Mahaprabhu dealt with Prakasananda Sarasvati in Caitanya-Bhagavata and Caitanya-Caritamrta? 30 min Why did the war described in the Mahabharata take place at Kuruksetra, a place of pilgrimage?...

Questions on today’s Swami call: 1min What mantras would be suitable to teach at an interreligious workshop for young people? 9min What can we reply to people of other faiths who question our faith in a personal form of God? 13min How would you present Krishna consciousness to someone who does not believe in God? 21min What do the terms svanistha, parinistha, and nirapeksa mean? 28min Mahaprabhu s...

Questions on today’s Swami call: 0min Is there place for unconditional forgiveness in Gaudiya Vaishnavism? 24min If we have gone through millions of species before human life, how come we still have so many desires and may even have to take birth again to fulfill them? 32min Why do personalities with awe and reverence for Bhagavan appear in Gaura-Lila when Gaura-Lila is all about distributing a mo...

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- Sri Krishna's Manifest Kishora-Lila, Part 4: The Slaying of Pralambasura; July 17, 2022

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- Sri Krishna's Manifest Kishora-Lila, Part 3: The Fearless Sadhaka; July 16, 2022

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- Sri Krishna's Manifest Kishora-Lila, Part 2: Becoming a Member of the Vraja-Lila; July 16, 2022

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- Sri Krishna's Manifest Kishora-Lila, Part 1: Literal Plus; July 15, 2022

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- Who Is the Most Important Member of the Panca-Tattva?; July 14, 2022

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- Sri Sanatana Goswami Tirobhava Mahotsava 2022: Sriman Mahaprabhu’s Favorite; July 13, 2022

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- Q&A: The Only Way Or One of the Ways?; July 9, 2022

Swami B. V. Tripurari -- Kindness, the Essence of Dharma; July 8, 2022

Questions:Questions on today's Swami call: 0min Why does Sri Krishna use other philosophies instead of bhakti when he tries to convince Nanda Maharaja to worship Giriraja Govardhan instead of Indra? 8min How did Lord Brahma know that the cowherd boys were Vishnus rather than devotees in sarupya-mukti in the Brahma-Vimohan-Lila? 16min Is it okay to speak of common devotees as appearing in the w...