Question: [Audio break] 2020 as inauspicious, due to the pandemic. But many devotees of Krsna and many new people are taking to the process of Krsna consciousness. So how should we see this Gurudev?

Jayapataka Swami: We see  [audio break] People are saying this is inauspicious but if all the people were chanting what could be more auspicious? One may be inauspicious for sense gratification, maybe auspicious for achieving Krsna consciousness. So we want to use every opportunity to get people to surrender unto Krsna. Hare Krsna! So if people take to the Krsna consciousness process then it is auspicious and today being the Apara Ekadasi, we get hundred times the benefit for any auspicious activity or any Krsna conscious activity we do. So please take advantage of this Apara Ekadasi and we should try to do more chanting, more service in the Apara Ekadasi or any Ekadasi.
18-MAY-2020 SRI MAYAPUR DHAM, INDIA