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otherwise they'll not notice anyway that they gave) and make them in this way alittle more appreciative of the devotees? I am sorry to bother you with suchinsignificant questions but otherwise there are various opinions.Answer by Suhotra SwamiSeptember 12, 1995It is not quite clear what you mean by "I usually give them back what is morethan nessecary." (It is spelled necessary, by the way). I suppose that youmean that your returning the correct change is not necessary because they do notknow the correct price. But that phrase could also mean that you are chargingthem less than the sales price, giving back more change than is necessary.Anyway, Srila Prabhupada said, "our men should be loved for their honesty." AndAbraham Lincoln said "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and youcan fool all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of thepeople all of the time." So getting into the habit of practiciing smalldishonesties will very likely backfire over the long run.LORD AS TRI-YUGAQuestion from Aprameya ddSeptember 17, 1995I'm perplexed why in SB 3.24.26 Lord Visnu is called Tri-yuga which means asSrila Prabhupada explains that He desends in the three yugas, since I know thereare 4 yuga avataras. Is it so that the regular Kali yuga-avatar (which isdifferent from Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu) also appears as a devotee?What is the position of Lord Kalki-avatara - is He yuga or lila avatara? Is Heappearing in each Kali yuga?Answer by Suhotra SwamiSeptember 17, 1995Tri-yuga means that the Lord comes in three ages to establish the Yuga Dharma.In the fourth age, He comes in a hidden (channa) form, not at the Lord, but asthe Lord's devotee.Kalki-avatara appears at the close of the Kali Yuga. He does not come to teachdharma, only to kill. So he is not classed as Yuga Avatara. Yes, He is a lilaavatara.LIFE FROM MATTERQuestion from Mahendra dasSeptember 17, 1995I couldn't understand some parts of the purport of tis text. Would you explainit? "...In other words, matter also has the potency to manifest livingentitiesin the form of vegetables. In this sense , life comes from matter, butmatter also comes from life..."Answer by Suhotra SwamiSeptember 17, 1995In the same purport, Srila Prabhupada writes as follows.
"Krsna is the supreme living being. Although it may be said that in the materialworld a living force is generated from matter, it must be admitted thatoriginally matter is generated from the supreme Libiny being. Nityo nityanamcetanas cetananam. The conclusion is that everything, both material andspiritual, is generated from the Supreme Being. From the evolutionary point ofview, perfection is reached when the living entity attains the platform of abrahmana."Matter and spirit both emanate from the Supreme Spirit. Krsna glancem overmatter, impregnating her with undeveloped spirit souls. She develops theirconsciousness by birthing them through higher and higher species. Finally, whenthey come to brahminical status, they are liberated, and their pure spiritualnature is revealed. Thus, as Srila Prabhupada states, "In this sense, lifecomes out of matter, but matter also comes out of life."THE HEARTQuestion from Aprameya ddSeptember 19, 1995I'd like to ask you is there any connection between the heart and the mind orthe intelligence. What is actually the heart?Answer by Suhotra SwamiSeptember 20, 1995The heart is the seat of the soul. The soul is the source of consciousness.The mind and intelligence are coverings, or conditionings, of intelligence.Hence, there is a connection between the heart and the mind, and intelligence.The heart is therefore said to be the seat of the mind and the intelligence.KRSNA IN THE CATUR-VYUHAQuestion from Subala dasSeptember 2, 1995There is no any contradiction with that statment. First goes Krishna - Balarama- Maha Sankarsana - 1st Caturvyuha - 2nd - Maha Visnu - etc...There is nothing wrong to call Balarama - Sankarsan. Actually He was namedSankarsan (Garga Muni called him like that) because He was transfered from wombof Devaki to womb of Rohini.And Vaasudeva Krishna - because He was a son of Vasudeva and also becauseKrishna in Dvaraka called Vaasudeva Krishna - being a Vaibahava Prakasa of LordKrsna and playing role as Ksatriya (in ksatriya vesa).(if I'm wrong please correct me)Comment by Vraja Kishor dasSeptember 24, 1995Dear Vaishnavas,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.Recently someone asked me: "since the chatur vyuha expands from Balarma, why issankarsana known as balarama and vasudeva as Krishna?"
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