What would Kṛṣṇa be more pleased with? The cook who is thinking, "Okay, I could cook it this way or I could do that, that would be nicer for Kṛṣṇa," or the one who is thinking, "I got to surrender, I hate this cooking, I got to surrender."

Generally, most places, most authorities do engage people in proper activities, though they as persons may be hard to deal with, so as long as that is there, then it is an opportunity to develop humility, tolerance, forgiveness.

Kṛṣṇa is always saying, 'Perform your duty,' because then there is a relationship. But otherwise, [Arjuna] is leaving the battle out of fear of loss. It seems very nice that he is going and giving up, and compassion, and going to the forest, but it is actually fear of loss.

Prabhupāda doesn't go, 'Oh, a bunch of dirty hippies, what can we do?' No, he sees that they have caught this aspect of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, therefore then he cultivates. That is why he could do it and his Godbrothers couldn't.

Without faith you cannot move forward. But because we are coming from a faithless background, therefore breaking of faith is normal. Dogs bark and mundaners break faith.

Transcription of lecture on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.11.39, given as temple class in Śrī Māyāpura Candrodaya Mandira

A brāhmana should always fear homage as if it were poison; and constantly desire to suffer scorn as though he would long for nectar. For he who is scorned may sleep with an easy mind, but the scorner utterly perishes.