Question: Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the most merciful no doubt. But why didn’t Mahāprabhu accept Choṭa Haridāsa after he pleaded for his mercy, after committing a sin and eventually gave up his body in His separation. Please enlighten Gurudeva.

Jayapataka Swami: Sometimes Lord Caitanya would make an example of some devotee, and He wanted devotees to be very sincere, about their position. Choṭa Haridāsa was in the renounced order, and he approached a lady with some bad consciousness. Therefore, Lord Caitanya...

Question: Kazi was offensive to the Vaiṣṇavas. He even arranged for the beating of the Vaiṣṇavas. But he got the vision of Lord Narasiṁhadeva,and also special meeting with Lord Caitanya, which would be difficult to imagine for a sādhaka like me. So kindly please help me understand this episode.

Jayapataka Swami: What can we say! Special mercy of Lord Caitanya! It says, however you think of Kṛṣṇa,negatively or positively in any way, it is beneficial. So somehow, although the Chand Kazi, at first, he was negative, in the end he had a feeling that Lord Caitanya...

Question: Caitanya Mahāprabhu controlled the Chand Kazi as Narasiṁhadeva. But my question is that how will Mahāprabhu kill the lusty desires in me? and another question is, when we are not able to chant for some reason then is it okay to just hear the recording of the chanting of Srīla Prabhupāda or Gurudeva?

Jayapataka Swami: Devotional service is a gradual process, and gradually one will transcend all the material conditions, all the material desires. But depending on one’s nature, they can take the path most appropriate for them. In the 8th canto of the...