Swami B. V. Tripurari Live Q&A; August 25, 2024: Gratitude and Separate Interest

Questions on today's Swami call:

0:00 Dandavat pranams, Maharaja. My question is, why did Srila Sridhara Maharaja not like the phrase “thank you”?

00:13:23 What does it mean that some rasas are incompatible?

00:25:11 Does Bhagavad-gita 9.14 explain how we can worship Sri Krishna with love despite our western unfavorable upbringing?

00:31:39 What is bhajana? How does one progress from anisthita bhajana-kriya to have bhajana?

00:45:17 I have heard that the naimittika lilas of Sri Krishna are going on even when the material world is unmanifest. How is this possible?

00:48:42 What kind of selflessness might not be conducive to our practice?

00:56:07 Could you speak a little about Sri Krishna’s svarupa-sakti and Yogamaya? What are their functions and how do they interact?