Question: We see how importance Caitanya Mahaprabhu gives to devotees having loving exchanges. Sometimes we take devotees relationships for granted or we may not give due attention and we take it easily, junior or senior, and not to take it to heart. What is the root cause for this and how can we deepen our relationship with vaisnavas?

Jayapataka Swami: Krsna says that the vaisnavas are very dear to Him. So if we see that these devotees are dear to Krsna, then why shouldn’t they be dear to us? So like that we want to serve the devotees and facilitate their being in Krsna consciousness. So this is something very natural and maybe we are seeing people on the material platform rather than seeing them as devotees. So we should try to remember that devotees are very dear to Krsna especially, if they are doing preaching. So we try to help the devotees to be Krsna conscious. Hare Krsna!
16-OCTOBER-2019 ISKCON TIRUPATI, INDIA