Question: Please tell us how enthusiastically you were engaged in Krsna consciousness, with Srila Prabhupada when you were a youth? Please tell us how we can also remain in ISKCON and be enthusiastic like you maharaj so that we will never leave ISKCON and remain as enthusiastic as you are till today.

Jayapataka Swami: I wanted to find a real guru. And I was looking at different gurus, spiritual leaders, but they all were lacking in certain ways. Then I met the disciples of Srila Prabhupada and I saw that they were very committed devotees. Then I went to see Srila...

Question: Despite all adversities you have always continued to serve Srila Prabhupada without any interruption and we see sometimes devotees, they get upset on small things and they leave their services. And that really compromises everybody’s service to Srila Prabhupada. So how can we continue in your mood that not to leave services when offended and work together? Please guide us.

Guru Maharaj: Well, as I said, we owe everything to Srila Prabhupada. He could have stayed in Vrndavana. He would have easily got liberation. But he took a great headache, he came to the USA, came to Canada, and he gave us Krishna consciousness. So who thinks that...