Question: Is it appropriate for ISKCON devotees to charge money from audience by teaching Krsna consciousness philosophy and kirtana, and maintain their household life from that income. I am asking this because usually we do everything free in the temple but when some new people meet devotees, who charge money for teaching Krsna consciousness philosophy and kirtan, the new people get confused thinking that maybe they are going after money.

Jayapataka Swami: Generally, we give classes in the temple free of charge. I am trying to think. Sometimes like for instance in Vrndavana or Mayapur, they teach Bhakti Sastri or Bhakti Vaibhava. So they charge something. But you take the course and it is understood...

Question: How do I preach to people who already have their own tradition like Buddhism, Shintoism, because when I talk to my mother, she is really understanding of me but she doesn’t really get deeper from that, of course she understands what I am doing, and she likes the photos of RukminiDwarakadish and everything but I find it sometimes hard to preach to her, because she already has her own belief in Shintoism and Buddhism. So I was wondering how to preach to people like that, I think there are a lot of people like that in Japan?

Jayapataka Swami: I understand. You know, I am part of the World Hindu Federation and some delegates from Japan came on behalf of the Sintu religion and said they were part of the Vedic tradition. I think it helps to know the tradition, to know the Vedas, and then one...