Swami B. V. Tripurari Live Q&A; May 28, 2023: Harmonizing with the Uttama-Bhagavata Perspective

Questions on today’s Swami call:What does it mean to ask the right questions spiritually? Is the same for everyone?Should we serve and be submissive to everyone and everything in life?How can we harmonize our own limited view with the view of the uttama-bhagavata that everything is fine and all that happens is according to the will of Sri Krishna?Sometimes Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura uses the word sahaja with a positive connotation, whereas were are used to hearing it with a negative connotation (sahajiya). Can you explain this?Some argue that the fetus in the early stages is only a combination of cells and that abortion therefore is not killing a person. Can you comment on this?What is the source of the teaching that the Bhagavad-gita deals with five topics?Regarding abortion, tumors are also alive, but we don’t consider them as beings. Can you comment on that?