Hare Krishna Gurudev,
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,
Here goes a few questions,
In SB 2.10.36 purport, SP says that sometimes Brahma is Visnu himself. This statement confuses me a little bit cause i thought Brahma is a demigod a jiva tattva. Can you explain please?
HpS - Srila Prabhupada, the Acharyas, make this point several places. When there is no one qualified to be Brahma, then Krsna takes the job Himself. When there is no one capable of protecting the Brahmanas, children, old men and women in Kali yuga, then Krsna does the job Himself.
Then i remember you said that there is a mistake in a book ( NOD or NOI) where it says raganuga but it should say ragatmika. Where is that mistake? Do you remember?
ASA - We just looked it up. It is Chapter 15 - NOD. It has been changed in the English but not the Spanish!
The last one is about the lectures at our chapel. We are finishing second canto, and because you always quote 2.2.12 I suggested to begin again with the first canto. I´m in charge of organizing lectures. But a senior devotee said that we should continue with the third canto because that will enthuse devotees. So shall I insist in beginning again with first canto or i continue with third canto and i study pada padma at home?
Thank you Gurudev,
At your service,
Nikunja Bihari das.
HpS - Hmmm? I would say it is nice to go over the first two cantos regularly. For example, Saturday morning might be dedicated to Cantos and Two when the public can be invited, but other days can deal with more advanced Cantos. Many times the devotees are following principles so they can appreciate more advanced topics. If there are a few people in the audience who are not then maybe Krsna helps them not be damaged by the advance topics.
We saw that when Srila Prabhupada gave lectures on parts of the SB that were advanced in public he would not deal with the topic in his lecture but go straight to BG topics eg. Paramatma, importance of liberation etc.
Make some local decision. Seems fine to go ahead, but to even take the study in modules and discuss the study in summary.
Eg. Story of Gajendra's liberation, SB 8.2-4.