My father is not a devotee and seems not to have any desires to get into KC at all. He often scolds my mother for allowing me to become a vegetarian and for buying me Srila Prabhupad's books. Whenever he sees me reading KC books, he yells at me.

He even tells that I am not listening to his words(he thinks that my KC lifestyle is not right and that ISKCON is misleading the society). My father doesn't let me to visit the ISKCON temple which is just about 15km away from my house. I am distressed because I have realised that it is a little difficult to practise KC without associating with the devotees.

If You can cook sweets then try to cook nice sweets and offer them to Krishna with love and devotion and offer Prasad to Your father with respect. Please note, that Your father is a person who helped You to come to this Earth planet and to get a human body. So You have to be very much great full to him. You just start to think good of him, pray for him, glorify him and thank him when he helps You in some works. Try to wash his clothes. Iron for him. Ask him if he needs some special food You could cook for him.

Please understand that first we have to become human beings. Human means they respect each other. If one is hurting other one then intelligent one will forgive the other one and try to assist him or her to have a higher consciousness by praying, serving...

My sister was a firm Muslim. So when i she images of Krishna in the house she told me to remove them. I said "noway" she said "You must!" in this way many times we used to fight on this matter. And in between my mother used to suffer. Because she loved both of us but seeing us fighting she used to cry sometimes. And request us not to fight she loves us both.

So for many month i was a firm "Devotee" she was a firm Muslim - but with no benefit to any living entities - so what is the use of such religiosity? So after coming in contact with Devotees. And doing little better devotional service, by reading Srila Prabhupada's books my state of understanding has changed little bit.

I thought why i am so selfish? My sister does not like that i am putting images of Krishna in our home. So let me not be selfish and ask my sister if i can put images on the walls or cannot. I just asked her permission accepting her senior status. And honoring her as my sister and that she also has some desires and wants so i have to respect them.

Then she saw that i am asking a permission from her. She understood that i am respecting her. and her desires so she also started to respect my desire. And she told: "oh dear, i do not mind, You can put images of Your Krishna or not put. For me it is ok". i was shocked! So see when we respect others as a reaction same thing comes to us automatically. Later i tried to serve her and assist her in some of her works at home. I asked if i can wash her clothes.

She was so happy. Later i requested if i can make ready her breakfast till that time she wakes up. Because i used to wake up earlier than her. So after chanting my rounds i started to cook food, offer that to Krishna and when my sister used to wake up i used to put to her plate Prasadam. And she used to be so happy. Later i started to chant my rounds in the same room where she is. Later read some of Srila Prabhupada's books for her and she used to hear.

Later she started to hear how i am teaching her how to live properly. Later she started to ask questions and take guidance... later she fasted once Nirjal on Pandava Ekadashi, Then tried for many months to eat only vegetarian food. ... in this way her thoughts of me changed. Through me she was seeing ISKCON. Through me she was giving marks to ISKCON.

So we have to represent Srila Prabhupada and all parampara in a very nice way by our good qualities. First of all good human qualities.

So summary is: please think good of Your father; respect him; when he comes home You ask if he needs any help; try to wash for him cook sweets for him; thank him whatever good he does for You; acknowledge all those things which he is doing for you and thank him everyday , always. And You can chant some extra rounds for him.