Question: Are insects and animals that die during kīrtana get liberation from material bondage? and what could be the destination of a mosquito after being killed by a devotee, while chanting the holy name, and what could be the reaction to the devotee?

Jayapataka Swami: Well, Śrīla Prabhupāda would scold the devotees in Calcutta, for placing a dark blue velvet curtain, which attracted many mosquitoes, and then devotees would kill the mosquitoes. Śrīla Prabhupāda would say, you are attracting them and then killing...

Question: I heard that Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita is the embodiment of a devotee of Kṛṣṇa. Could you tell us more about him, I understand that he always accompanies Lord Caitanya in His pastimes, who is he in the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa?

Jayapataka Swami: Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita is Nāradamuni in Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes,and we can see that he has exceptional qualities of devotion,and in the Pañca-tattva mantra we say śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda–Śrīvāsa and all other devotees of Lord Gaurāṅga. So,Śrīvāsa is the chief...

Question: Our intention is to preach more and more, but sometimes we offend devotees who are creating hindrances in our preaching activities. How do we avoid this? Or sometimes we take offence to those hindering our preaching activities. How can we avoid these?

Jayapataka Swami:  You see, like in New York city there is a city where many Brazilians go and one store had a doorman who was very against devotees. A devotee stood in front of his store and tried to see a book, a Bhagavad-gita. He came out, he took the book and...