Question: Yesterday during your class you mentioned that Nityananda and Haridas Thakur are punished because they instructed unqualified offenders. They gave proper suggestions to the two drunkards. They almost lost their lives. How can we understand this? When we encounter similar situation, what should we do?

Jayapataka Swami: I don’t remember saying that Nitai and Haridas Thakur were punished for preaching the glories of the holy name to the offensive people. But that is one of the offences to the holy name. To preach to faithless. But Lord Caitanya was so merciful that...