Jayapataka Swami addresses how devotees should respond when people mock or criticize Krishna. Drawing on pastimes (a mocking drunk chanter of Lord Chaitanya) and personal anecdotes (being insulted while preaching or visiting a businessman), he recommends not engaging angrily—question unreasonable critics calmly or simply turn and walk away, continuing one's service without being deterred.
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The question was, if someone likes jokes about Krishna or if they're critical about Krishna, how do they respond? There's the past time in Chaitanya Bhagavad when one drunkard was chanting Hare Ka, mocking Lord Chaitanya. And that Lord Chaitanya said he gets the benefit of chanting to his eternal benefit. But he's obviously under alcoholic influence. That'll only last for one day. But he was just being jokey. He was just. You are just a very happy mood when the summer is ready. It is specifically criticizing Krishna. Kinlay said we should cut out his tongue. With reason and logic. You can start to question him. On what basis? You can say all these things where the person is very unreasonable. You can also leave the place. Just leave this. Walk away. You can't defeat. Then leave. What do you know about Ka? Who are you? One time somebody started talking and. Prophet, I don't want to hear from you. You're not my guru. What do you know? I was born preaching in a college hostel. And then one guy just started blaspheming Krishna and everything. Since anyway, I was like kind of illegally in the hospital selling books. Then I just said I was a new devotee. So I just turned around, walked away. I just turned on my heels and walked away. I said, you're wr. You know what you're talking about. I turned around, walked away. And then he was like so shocked. And I just. You know, besides some people. I remember I once went into one Light, one businessman's office to try to convince them to become a Light member. And I was showing him all these pictures. And he just started shouting at me. You people are a bunch of cheers. You people are good for nothing. This religion is nothing. Da Da just starts screaming and shouting at me. I sat there looking and said, what's wrong with this guy? You know? And after he got finished, I said, no, sir, it's not correct what you're saying. You see, we're doing good preaching here. We're changing people all over the world. We're not like that. I don't know who's not going to miss Natihoba or activities. He was so shocked because he thought that by screaming and shouting at me and calling me bad names that he was going to completely discourage me. And when it didn't have zero effect, I didn't even take it seriously. I just kept on reaching.