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morning with devotees on Waikiki Beach, Prabhupāda answered their questions about the nature of pure devotional service

Anyone who takes to the process of pure devotional service will never be checked.”

selecting from the commentaries of the previous ācāryas whatever would best impel his readers to pure devotional service that the Bhāgavatam excludes all materially motivated forms of religiosity and offers only pure devotional service

Society for Krishna Consciousness was being more and more appreciated as the movement of pure devotional service

His departure marked the completion of a lifetime of pure devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.

difficult for his Western disciples to stick to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and attain the goal of pure devotional service

consciousness at every moment, and his presence confirmed that the most exalted platform of pure devotional service

This was pure devotional service – to be free from all material desires and to serve Kṛṣṇa as directed

He also saw that the remedy for their suffering was pure devotional service.

Prabhupāda’s “business” was pure devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, and in Bombay he dealt more with the managerial

But be that as it may, he was not as yet fully engaged in pure devotional service, and his activities

“Not yet, Prabhupāda. Not to the people in Vṛndāvana. They do not expect it to open, because everyone who has been here can see that it is not possible to They know it’s not ready.”

But if you are not willing to concede” – the moderator could not help becoming accusative in his tone – “that it is not London, and if I say I am not going to that place – ”

Not at all. Not at all! No sane man will say, “Oh, it is not possible.”

Prabhupāda: Neat or not neat, that does not matter. Yes, it was also neat.

I said, “Prabhupāda, they say it is not practical. Our program is not practical.”

“Did you not explain that we are bowing down not as God but as God’s representative? Could you not explain like this?”

“They have not landed on the moon,” Prabhupāda said emphatically. “This is not the moon.”