20190110 Q&A from Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book

The Following is a Questions And Answers Session Given By His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami on January 10th, 2019 in Chennai, India.

Rukmiṇī Rāmana dāsa: What we should do when envious people blaspheme or complain or tell us to stop singing the holy names on the streets? Hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana.

Jayapatākā Swami: Someone asked Prabhupāda once what to do when people cover their ears when they walked by the kīrtana, Prabhupāda said, “Pull their hands away for hearing!!” Ha! Of course, that may be not legal, but the point is that we want people to hear. Unless there is some law about chanting, we shouldn’t have to listen to anybody. We go on chanting! If there is some law that is not permitted or something, you need to get the permit.

Question: What if we are victims of false news? How does Kṛṣṇa punish that person?

Jayapatākā Swami: Well we don’t worry about that. That is not our department. Our department is helping others. Even Lord Nityānanda helped Jagāi and Mādhāi although they were the most envious people. They attacked Nityānanda Prabhu physically and caused Him to bleed, by breaking a wine bottle on His head! He said, “Just because you are causing Me to bleed, does that mean I will not give you love of Godhead?!” See he is causing Him to bleed and He is talking of love!! He is not an ordinary person, bow down, BOW DOWN! BOW DOWN! Jagāi told Mādhāi to bow down. Lord Caitanya He promised that He would not lift any weapon of violence but He was so angry, He promised to always protect His devotees and that promise took precedence. So He called, “Cakra! Cakra!” He called Sudarśana cakra, the invincible weapon but by that time Jagāi and Mādhāi bowed down and Lord Nityānanda, He pleaded please have mercy on them. So, if people tell us to stop chanting, you just listen and say that it is the order of our guru, that we have to chant. So, come and join us! Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare (Guru Mahārāja sang in kīrtana).

Thank you Mālinī Nitāi devī dāsī for noting those names down.