Question: Now during these troubled times, many people are getting realizations about how they should take their relationship with the Lord more seriously, care for mother earth, care for each other, etc. But when things get better, what is to prevent them from losing their resolve to do better and going back to the same old ways? If it pleases you, what are your thoughts on the matter?

Jayapataka Swami: That is why it is important to train the people up in chanting the Maha Mantra. So that that will change their hearts and even after things get better, they won’t be inclined to go back to their old habits, which was the cause of their problems to...

Question: We know there are 14 worlds, there are 7 worlds above and 7 under. Those who do pious activities, they go to the upper worlds. And those who commit sins, they go down like Patala, etc. But Bali maharaj even after attaining the Lord went to the Sutala loka? And the Lord also was there as his gatekeeper. Why is it so?

Jayapataka Swami: The question was, there are 14 bhuvanas. 7up and 7 down, and he is saying that his understanding is that 7 down is more suffering. And Bali maharaj he is on the third planet down. He was a devotee, so why is he there? It is not exactly that in the...