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A devotee who practices the rules of KC remains protected

Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: But Srila Prabhupada was well aware that we might again fall into our former bad habits and so he warned us about this. In a farewell address to the devotees in Los Angeles he said, "You're all fortunate. Now remain fortunate! Don't become unfortunate." If we became unfortunate, we would backslide into being mlecchas, meat-eaters, takers of drugs, illicit sex-mongers, and gamblers.

Srila Prabhupada also told us not to have respect for those who were practicing mlecchas habits, although we should be polite toward everyone. A practicing Vaishnava should not eat with the meat-eaters or have intimate exchanges of mind with them. By such association, one would become contaminated. A devotee remains protected from contamination as long as he practices the rules and regulations of Krishna consciousness. From this position of strength, a preacher may mix with the non-devotees. But the association of the mleccha is dangerous. Therefore, Srila Prabhupada created a Krishna conscious society so that his devotees would not have to associate with the dirty habits of the mlecchas.



Reference: Prabhupada Meditations Vol I by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami