Scriptural Evidence and Differences of Opinion

Social and religious challenges in India

0:23Prabhupāda: ...approach Kṛṣṇa. Not that [indistinct] ...Hmm ...not for material benefit but for getting facilities to approach gopīs they worship Kātyāyanī for getting Kṛṣṇa as a husband. So we should follow. [indistinct] .

0:38BS 5.44सृष्टि स्थिति प्रलय साधन शक्ति एकाःछायेव यस्य भुवनानि बिभर्त्ति दुर्गा |इच्छा अनुरूपम् अपि यस्य च चेष्टते सागोविन्दम् आदि पुरुषं तमहं भजामि ॥ ४४ ॥sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya-sādhana-śaktir ekāchāyeva yasya bhuvanāni bibharti durgāicchānurūpam api yasya ca ceṣṭate sāgovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmiThe external potency Māyā who is of the nature of the shadow of the cit potency, is worshiped by all people as Durgā, the creating, preserving and destroying agency of this mundane world. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda in accordance with whose will Durgā conducts herself.

Deity worship and the power of bhakti

0:58She acts according to the order of Govinda. Therefore to approach Govinda, if one prays to Kātyāyanī, it is very helpful.

1:11Devotees: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Qualifications of a spiritual master

1:12Devotee: Kātyāyanī is also Durgā?

1:15Prabhupāda: Yes, advent of Rādhā, maidservant.

Global expansion of the Krishna consciousness movement

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