Question: As we hear these pastimes from you, opening up new revelations everyday, we feel very blissful, especially today, when we see Gaurāṅga manifesting the form of Mother Goddess, even we became fearless of māyā. Is it not dangerous to lose fear of māyā? And is it not a non-humble attitude to be fearless? Will this please Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu?

Jayapataka Swami: When we see Lord Caitanya, hear of His manifesting, His form as His spiritual potency, it is natural to feel inspired. Maybe while hearing that pastime, one may feel fearless. But after all, we should be very careful that, after hearing this pastime,...

Question: You instructed the devotees to go out in their balconies in three sandhyās every day at 5.30, 12.30 and evening 7.15 and sing a loud kīrtana for 20 minutes. Why is it important to do this at this time, and what is the reason? Are these reasons suitable for Moscow and Russia, or do we need to calculate the time for each area?

Jayapataka Swami: You see, since the devotees in Māyāpur were in lockdown at that time, and since maṅgala-ārati and announcements were going on from 4.30 am to almost 5.30 am, since I thought that people may like to witness the maṅgala-ārati and hear the...

Question: When a person lives with their family, who are non-devotees and they cook with onion and garlic, and they expect you to eat that food, is it okay to offer to Krsna and have it afterwards? How can I make it less sinful?

Jayapataka Swami: Onion and garlic are not offerable to any deity, what to speak of Visnu deity, even Durga, Siva, Ganesa, Kartikeya, they don’t accept onion and garlic. And also recently I saw on the internet, there was some article, that onion and garlic are bad,...