Question: No matter how hard I try I cannot escape the association of non-devotees. I am a college student who has to spend my morning till evening, with people who are materialists, Māyāvādīs or atheists. How to stay unaffected and firm on devotional path in such a situation, when I have to spend half of my day in such an association?

Jayapatākā Swami: I was reading today how Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī said that in order to be Kṛṣṇa conscious we should have the association of devotees. You say that morning you spend your time with materialists, mayavadis, etc. That seems to be an obstacle. But what we do...