Question: When we take Lord Damodara door to door for facilitating people to offer lamp and they haven’t taken bath, especially westerners, is it okay for them to offer lamps? What is the minimum cleanliness for new people required to offer lamps?

Jayapataka Swami: Interesting question. Nobody ever asked such a question before! I don’t know if you can have them take acaman beforehand and offer the lamp. I don’t know if there are any hard and fast rules for offering lamps. But chanting the holy name, there is no...