Question: I have heard that it is not good to offer praṇāma to anyone, taking japa beads in hand. But in chanting time when Vaiṣṇavas come there and then what can we do? If we stop chanting to do praṇāma to the Vaiṣṇavas then it will be tough to complete 16 rounds. Again, if I do not show respect to Vaiṣṇavas for chanting, then it will be a vaiṣṇava-aparādhā.

Jayapataka Swami: You see at the end, after tulasī-pūjā, we offer our praṇāma to all the Vaiṣṇavas, vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaścakṛpā-sindhubhyaevacapatitānāṁpāvanebhyovaiṣṇavebhyonamonamaḥ. Unless a guru or some sannyāsī comes in, we don’t have to offer obeisances again,...

Question: Kindly advise how to overcome ego and jealousy?

Jayapataka Swami  So we see from the histories of the last few days, although Siva is Mahesvara, since he is the Lord of the he prays to Krsna’s lotus feet that he may be freed from the offensive mentality. So he prays to him so that he stays in the spiritual...