Question: If I do something I consider for the benefit of that person but that person takes it that I have offended her or him. That I don’t have the opportunity to pardon myself to take the dust from that devotee’s lotus feet. In that situation, what should I do?

Jayapataka Swami: It says if you have offended a vaisnava, then you should chant constantly and hopefully you can be forgiven. If you have not really offended a devotee, even if the devotee thinks you have, it may not be so serious. But somehow you can try to...