Question: What pleases you the most?

His Holiness Jayapataka Swami: What pleases me the most? Pleasing Srila Prabhupada! Ha! Ha! He asked me to distribute books, expand the congregation, to expand Krsna consciousness pracar unlimitedly, to develop Mayapur dham, to unite the Saraswat family, to develop...

Question: My friend has left Kṛṣṇa consciousness, I don’t know how to communicate with her now, because I am afraid to adopt the wrong mindset. But at the same time, I hope that she will return and somehow, I try to keep in touch. Dear Gurudeva, please kindly tell me how to act in this situation?

Guru Maharaj: You said that she is your friend. So, if you relate with her as a friend, then that should be appropriate. Then you can, as a friend, if you see the opportunity, you can encourage her to practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Anyway, if she is your friend, you...

Question: Why the women Vaiṣṇavīs were not engaged in these dramas? Lord Gaurāṅga and Lord Nityānanda were dressed up for the female characters but now we see that in our society, ISKCON, in dramas, Vaiṣṇavīs are acting on the stage. How can we follow the same standards in the footsteps of the Lord?

Guru Maharaj: Kali-yuga so, there is a different standard. our Nāmahaṭṭa dramas, have men dressed up as ladies. But in the West, ladies play ladies, because if men play ladies, they will have different connotation in the West. Anyway, so it was interesting that Lord...