Prabhupāda: No, nobody is fixed. Nobody is perfect. But by rendering service he becomes perfect. The more you render service you become perfect. Not that in one day you become perfect.
Hari-śauri: Because I remember you also said that preaching is not for neophytes. You also said . . .
Prabhupāda: Neophyte means that kaniṣṭha-adhikārī. One worships the Deity very nicely, but he does not like to do good to others, neither he knows who is Vaiṣṇava, he's neophyte. He is, in the arcanā, he's fixed up, he's doing very nicely. Arcāyām eva haraye. Yaḥ śraddhā . . . pūjāṁ yaḥ śraddhayehate na tad-bhakteṣu (SB 11.2.47). One does not understand who is bhakta, na tad-bhakteṣu cānyeṣu, and how to do good to others. But he's doing the Deity worship very nicely. Sa bhaktaḥ prākṛtaḥ smṛtaḥ. He's prākṛta. But he can advance when his . . . by the grace of Kṛṣṇa he understands, "Here is a Vaiṣṇava. Here is an innocent man. He should be given some enlightenment." That is preacher—when he'll feel for others. Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja, śoce tato vimukha-cetasa: "I am thinking of these rascals who are averse to You." Tato vimukha-cetasa. And that is Vaiṣṇava, advanced devotee. "For me I have no anxiety." Naivodvije para duratyaya-vai . . . "There may be so many dangers. I don't care for them." Naiva udvije. "I am not disturbed by all these things." Udvije. Para duratyaya. "Even it is very insurmountable, dangerous position, I don't care."