Question: The saṅkīrtana movement in the time of Lord Caitanya was massive. How come did the movement shrink so much after Lord Caitanya left? Till the point that it seems that only very few devotees kept the movement going for a number of generations, can we say the Golden Age has ups and downs?

Jayapataka Swami: You see, the Golden Age is supposed to start 5000 years after the advent of Kali-yuga. Lord Caitanya came 4500 years ago, so the Golden Age starts at 5000 years, that’s just now. That’s when Śrīla Prabhupāda took the movement all over the world. We...