Questions on today's Swami call: Can it be said that advaita vedanta has an advantage in that it begins with something we know (the self) whereas theistic vedanta begins with faith in something we don’t know (God)? What are the most prominent ways in Gaura-lila to see Sri Sri Gaura Nitai as Krishna Balarama (to see them as relishing sakhya-rasa although their mission was to propagate madhurya-rasa)? Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja. Pranama. I have never performed proper arcana. What would be a good sequence of prayers and actions I could offer to pictures of deities? If Rama-lila was in the mood of aisvarya, how is it possible that a woman in the same lila was offering Lord Ramachandra chewed berries?  That seems like a raga-oriented type of bhakti.When chanting japa for Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, what mood is the most pleasing to them?  It’s easy to think of how to please them when doing public harinama sankirtana, as they are famous for that, but what about japa? What are some of the main lessons we should take from the pastimes of Vritrasura’s appearance, speech, and actions in the sixth canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam?