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All glories to srila Prabhupada
I wanted to join an online bhagwat Gita classes given by one brahmachari devotee of iskcon delhi, but my mother doesn't want me to do so.
But I want to join it, so should I listen to my mother and don't enroll in classes or should I enroll by going against her.
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Hare Krsna Akshit Prabhu
Are you there?
May I try to answer the question you asked me on 4th November 2025 at 11.38 am and 11.47 am before we try to find solution for what you are asking now?
Akshit > Madhava das November 4, 2025 at 11:38am
I don't know if this a question which should be asked but it arises in my mind so I thought I should ask,
Although I know that lord is self satisfied and not in want or need of anything. Still isn't mother Laxmi lovable for him? I mean lord came as Srinivas to get her back, he travelled to lanka to get her back, he even kidnapped her from her marriage, so the line that he is not in need of her, doesn't it hide that relationship between them, as mother laxmi is the yoga maya energy of the lord?
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Akshit > Madhava das November 4, 2025 at 11:47am
Oh yes, you are right prabhuji I just remembered that it's called antaranga Shakti.
But still doesn't the fact remains that she is important for the lord .
Hari bol
The gopis asked Krsna: "In dealings between lovers, we find there are three classes of men. One class simply receives, another class reciprocates favorably, even if the lover is very contrary, and the third class neither acts contrary nor answers favorably in dealings of love. So out of these three classes, which do you prefer, or which do you call honest?"
In answer, Krsna said, "My dear friends, persons who simply reciprocate the loving dealings of the other party are just like merchants. They give in loving affairs as much as they get from the other party. Practically there is no question of love. It is simply self interested or self-centered business dealing. Even those without a tinge of loving affairs are better than these merchants. Better than the first class is the second class of men, who love in spite of the opposite party's contrariness. Such sincere love can be seen when the father and mother love their children in spite of their children's neglect. The third class neither reciprocate nor neglect. They can be further divided into two classes. One comprises the self satisfied, who do not require anyone's love. They are called atmarama, which means they are absorbed in the thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and so do not care whether one loves them or not. But another class comprises ungrateful men. They are called callous. The men in this group revolt against superior persons. For instance, a son, in spite of receiving all kinds of things from loving parents, may be callous and not reciprocate."
Krsna indirectly answered the question of the gopis, even those questions which implied that Krsna did not properly reciprocate their dealings. In answer, Krsna said that He, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is self satisfied. He does not require anyone's love, but at the same time He said that He is not ungrateful.