Question: I have children, no devotees, and their mother neither. I don’t live with them but I pay for their maintenance. I need your advice, thus I don’t fall down again. I follow the four principles and chant my 16 rounds and eat only Krsna prasad. I read every day Srila Prabhupada’s books and keep a small altar. I work as a security guard. Thank you for your mercy my dear master.

Jayapataka Swami: If you can write me a letter in Spanish, or whatever language you find convenient, English or Spanish, tell me what your particular problem is and what advice you want. Because this seems to be a personal. This question and answer time is for general...

Question: Sometimes the perceptions that we have upon a person due to his past dealing, we become judgmental upon that person. In the future when they approach us or when we deal with them, these previous perceptions make us judgmental and later we speak with them, we learn it is otherwise. We know that people change over time and they may not be the same as before. But these impressions are strong and does not help us to truly help the individual. Kindly advise.

Jayapataka Swami: Seems like you have realized that you need to communicate with people and that they may have changed. We want to help people, and not be influenced by our previous perceptions, or impressions. And rather give people a chance to be Krsna conscious....