Should we try to seek clarification to all our doubts?
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so if we have doubts by trying to ask questions or by trying to share our own explanation of things is that a way to get the doubt yeah so asking questions based on doubts is that the way to move forward and get knowledge, yes definitely there are at the same time devotees of different dispositions and not all devotees are very intellectual and we need to find the right devotees to whom we can ask questions some devotees just ask them questions, chant Hare Krishna everything will be alright well that is not an answer at that level it may satisfy some people but it may not satisfy some people it’s like in ordinary life also if some people give you a mobile they just start using it, other people want to open the mobile you know what works how that’s just curiosity, it’s not that necessarily this curiosity is a virtue or that lack of curiosity is a lack of virtue, it is just that different people are different and they need to be accommodated just as if you say you have a curiosity about mobile, other will say why are you wasting so much time but then you have to find out others, if you really want to learn about mobile you find out others who are interested and discuss with them, so Jiva Goswami says in the Shat Sandarbhas that we need not just association we need like-minded association Sajati Aashay Bhagwat Bhakti Sangh Sajati Aashay those who have the same kind of mentality same mentality similar mentality so we have to look for devotees who also are analytical they address issues about which are doubtful and they answer those issues and we will find if we search there are devotees like that and if I find some devotees are discouraging us and asking about doubts we better not raise those doubts in front of them we don’t have to suppress those doubts we have to find the right devotees with whom we can ask those questions and get the answers yes as far as using our intelligence it is not always speculative because there is there is with our intelligence what we do it is called as Anuman and when the Anuman is according to Shastra Shastra Moolak Anuman is called as Vichar Prabhupada gives the example of difference between mental speculation and philosophical speculation mental speculation means we begin with the mind and we end with the mind it is our own ideas but philosophical speculation means we accept what Shastra says is true but we try to use our intelligence to understand how Shastra says how our Shastra says is true so philosophical speculation is good especially for those who are intellectually oriented and especially for those who want to share Krishna’s message with others we have to be equipped with the answers so offering our understanding not as a conclusive understanding and we shouldn’t offer our understanding in a public forum where we are representing someone if we are officially giving class on Vyasa at that time we should not just give our understanding if we are not confirming it with senior devotees but asking is this is how we understand does it make sense in the middle this part is ok but this part we have to adjust so that way we can get the doubts addressed in the proper forum