Swami B. V. Tripurari Live Q&A; November 2, 2025: The True Meaning of Humility

Questions on today’s Swami Call:Can you share some advice to encourage our children in Krishna consciousness, especially pre-teens?If we are not the actual doers of action (as per Bhagavad-Gita 3.27), do we have free will?Pranams, Guru Maharaja. Regarding the title and artwork of your upcoming book, ”Birds of the Same Feather”, using the analogy from the Upanishad’s of two birds in the tree, isn’t this usually referring to the atma and Paramatma whereas your book is about the atma and Bhagavan?Dandavats, Guru Maharaja. Is it appropriate to pray to Sri Radha, Sri Krishna’s primary shakti, to keep us away from the external shakti, the material energy?Hare Krsna, Gurudeva. I hope you are well. How does a falldown from a high level of bhakti to a lower level show itself?If the devotees in Vaikuntha look the same as Lord Narayana, how do you tell them from one another?Dandavats, Guru Maharaja. Could it be said that demons live inside us in this age in the form of anarthas?How would you describe humility? What books would you recommend to study Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy in a systematic way?In the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Svarupa Damodara says that even a highly advanced Vaishnava who has accepted Sri Krishna as the Lord will change their mind if they hear the Vedanta commentary of Sankaracarya. Why would that be?What is the connection between Sri Prabhodananda Saraswati and the Radha-Vallabhis?Pranams, dear Maharaja. Should I be critical of others for their own good, or just focus on my own practice?