Question: We heard that if we sow the seed, the seed turns into a tree and then gives fruit and flowers. We should only return back home with the ripened fruits. So while we preach to students, they step back from Krsna consciousness. So what do we need to do to get them to practice to enthuse them again back to Krsna consciousness?

Jayapataka Swami: I don’t understand the relation with the example you gave that if one seed gives a plant, get the fruit, get the fruit out. You get the fruit, you can offer to Krsna. Ha! And we take prasadam! If a student falls into maya again, we try to befriend...