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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 35 – 10.6.35-44 Bhagavatam highlights the extraordinariness of the Vrajavasis
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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 34 – 10.6.24-34 Contact with Krishna is miraculously purifying
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Gita 18.72 A philosophical conversation amidst emotional tribulation testifies to Arjuna’s sincerity and Krishna’s potency
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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 33 – 10.6.15-23 The Vrajavasis invoke God for the protection of God
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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 32 – 10.6.7-14 Putana deceived the Vrajavasis, but Krishna deceived her
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Appreciating Prabhupada’s sacrifice, wisdom and legacy
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[Prabhupada Vyasa-puja Offering at Detroit, USA]

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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 31 – 10.6.1-6 Sukadeva G reveals the spoiler to relieve Parikshit M anxiety
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Janmashtami Krishna-katha 4 – How Krishna appears in Vrindavan
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[Talk at ISKCON, Farmington Hills, USA]

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Janmashtami Krishna-katha 3 – How Krishna appears in Mathura
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[Talk at ISKCON, Detroit, USA]

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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 30 – 10.5.26-32 Relationships are the foundational wealth that is essential for anything to be enjoyable
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Janmashtami Krishna-katha 2 – How Krishna freed the princesses from Naraka
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Janmashtami Krishna-katha 1 – How Krishna freed the kings from Jarasandha and how Krishna frees us
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In taking care of people’s emotional needs, isn’t there a danger of deviating from the spiritual?
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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 29 – 10.5.21-25 See adversities as actions of destiny to stay composed
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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 28 – 10.5.15-20 When Krishna came to Vraja, so did the goddess of fortune
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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 27 – 10.5.7-14 Krishna’s birth floods Vraja with joy
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If the temple atmosphere is conflict-filled, should we practice bhakti at home?
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Transcribed by: Keshavgopal Das

Question: If the temple atmosphere is conflict-filled, should we practice bhakti at home?

Answer: We live in the material world and due to materialistic tendencies of devotees a conflicting situation can arise within a temple community. Specifics and degree can vary from temple to temple. No community in this world is perfect, so conflicts are bound to happen. If we are waiting to find some perfect community then we may have to wait till eternity. Even if we are able to find a perfect community, we will not be allowed inside the community since we are not perfect also. We have to see what works for us and decide.

In general, for our spiritual practices, to get the energy to practice spiritual lives, we need to see what our needs are. Generally, people come to temple for three reasons (i) cultural (ii) social (iii) educational.

To some extent, educational needs – hear discourses, understand philosophy – can be met outside the temple also. Due to internet these days, there is lot of educational content available outside the temple also.

The cultural needs like taking darshan of the Deities, experience the spiritual atmosphere of the temple etc. can to some extent may be filled outside temple also. We may have to see how best we can serve these needs. For example, we can choose to come to the temple on a weekday for taking darshan. Or, set up a temple at our home.

As far as social need is concerned, we do have a need for devotee association, and we do need to work out how to manage this if we decide to not go to temple. If we become alienated with devotee community, then practically we do not have any social life. Since bhakti values are different from the mainstream society, we cannot fulfil our need for socializing outside the devotee community. Therefore, we need to have some community. Within broader devotee community, there are few devotees who are prominent, if we cannot get along with them, then it makes our life difficult. Now, I am not discussing here why such a situation arose or whose fault it is. That is a separate issue. People are people. Sometimes we get along with some people, sometimes not. We have to find out where can we get the devotee association. One way is to find a group of devotees who are also feeling similar. You can arrange to connect with such groups and try to discreetly meet outside the temple for getting the nourishment. You may not want to publicize for such meeting. The temple should not feel that you are creating a separate group which is a threat to them. However, you can get your spiritual nourishment with such a group.

ISKCON is a voluntary organization and ISKCON temples are inspirational places, and not legislative places. Generally, the best way to have association is to create association. You can start your own program in your community. […]

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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 26 – 10.5.1-6 Let celebration center on purification, not gratification
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Bhagavatam tenth canto study 25 – 10.4.38-46 Bad disposition with bad association is brutally bad
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