Swami B. V. Tripurari Live Q&A; May 12, 2024: We Are Atomic Units of Eternity, Knowledge, and Bliss

00:01:03 Dandavats, dear Guru Maharaja. In the Bhagavad-gita, Sri Krishna instructs us to fix not only our mind but also our intelligence on him. In verse 2.41, is “fixed intelligence” (vyavasayatmika buddhir ekeha) the same as the Vedantic practice of reflective contemplation (mananam)?00:13:33 How important is it for us as sadhakas to know that we are units of eternity, consciousness and bliss (sat-cit-ananda)? When we are unaware of this fact, we are vulnerable, and perhaps this vulnerability is conducive to surrender (saranagati), for example, seeing Sri Krishna as our only maintainer and protector.00:30:43 Sri Rupa Goswami and Sri Jiva Goswami present slightly different perspectives on whether sakhya-rasa or vatsalya-rasa affords greater intimacy with Sri Krishna. What might be Sri Krishna’s perspective?00:39:13 Is there any connection between the vanara-monkeys in Rama-lila and the monkeys to whom Sri Krishna feeds butter in Krishna-lila? I have heard thet the vanara monkeys endeared themselves so much to Lord Rama that they were given birth in Krishna-lila to continue associate with him there.00:47:42 You mentioned in an answer to an earlier question that while we speak in this world about a hierarchy in the spiritual world, in the spiritual world it is not perceived as such. Would this principle extend outside of the different rasas of Vraja to, for example, Mathura, Dwaraka, Ayodhya, and Vaikuntha?00:49:19 Considering that there may be different valid spiritual perspectives pointing to different abodes in the spiritual world, do you think there is room for a religious tradition to present its truths as universal/absolute even if they do not align with the truths present in other traditions?