True spiritual mastery is proven through complete, selfless surrender to Krishna with practical devotional service, never theoretical knowledge alone.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — October 2, 1972, Los Angeles 721002MW-LOS ANGELES [32:15 Minutes] Walk_721002MW-LOS ANGELES [walking] Svarūpa Dāmodara: [indistinct]
Prabhupāda: America? Svarūpa Dāmodara: Yes. He told me he was very pleased to see Śrīla Prabhupāda, and he said he will start chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupāda: That's nice. Svarūpa Dāmodara: He said he will go to Laguna Beach temple, and he said he will try out chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Jayatīrtha: He told me that he could see that this knowledge wasn't theoretical, that it was realized knowledge.
Prabhupāda: Eh? Jayatīrtha: He told me that.
Prabhupāda: What is that? Jayatīrtha: That the knowledge that you have isn't theoretical but it's realized. He was very much impressed by that. Svarūpa Dāmodara: He liked the prasādam so much that I made another plate, and he finished that.
Then after that he took the..., he finished the... What is that preparation from eggplant? Devotee (2): The vegetable. He really liked that.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: Yes, he finished all plate, he liked so much. He said, "What is here Prabhupāda?" Prabhupāda: Gradually try to convince him, and let him read our books. Svarūpa Dāmodara: Yeah, I will contact him. We are in the same floor. He works on the physics side, I am in chemistry side, but we are in the same floor, fourth floor of the building.