Question: In recent years my team and I have been spreading the holy name and distributing Bhagavad-gītās. Even though many people chant and read, still they are not elevated to the level of spiritual realization. Please mercifully tell us the secrets of spreading the holy names.

Jayapataka Swami: See if people chant the holy name and read the Bhagavad-gītā, they should get the mercy of Kṛṣṇa,and Śrīla Prabhupāda always said that devotional service is a gradual process. And we see some people chant 2 rounds a day, or 4 rounds a day, so that...

Question: Caitanya Mahāprabhu controlled the Chand Kazi as Narasiṁhadeva. But my question is that how will Mahāprabhu kill the lusty desires in me? and another question is, when we are not able to chant for some reason then is it okay to just hear the recording of the chanting of Srīla Prabhupāda or Gurudeva?

Jayapataka Swami: Devotional service is a gradual process, and gradually one will transcend all the material conditions, all the material desires. But depending on one’s nature, they can take the path most appropriate for them. In the 8th canto of the...