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Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers
BOB:  Taste for different things?
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Hm?
BOB:  Does he keep his individual likes and dislikes?
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Yes, he keeps everything. But he gives preference to Kṛṣṇa. Suppose I like this thing but Kṛṣṇa says, "No, you cannot use it." Then I shall not use it. It is for Kṛṣṇa's sake.
nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe yuktaṁ vairāgyam ucyate
Kṛṣṇa says positively, "I like these things." So we have to offer to Kṛṣṇa what He likes, and then we'll take  prasāda . Kṛṣṇa likes Rādhārāṇi. Therefore all the  gopīs , they are trying to push Rādhārāṇi to Kṛṣṇa. "Kṛṣṇa likes this  gopī . All right, push Her." That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. To satisfy the senses of Kṛṣṇa, not to satisfy my senses. That is  bhakti . That is called  prema , love for Kṛṣṇa. "Ah, Kṛṣṇa likes this. I must give Him this."
BOB:  There is some  prasāda  [food offered to Kṛṣṇa]. It's offered, and then we go and eat, and different  prasādams  are served. Some I like, and some I find the taste not at all to my liking.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  You should not do that. The perfection is that whatever is offered to Kṛṣṇa you should accept. That is perfection. You cannot say, "I like this, I don't like this." So long as you make such discrimination, that means you have not appreciated what  prasāda  is.
A DEVOTEE:  What if there is someone speaking of likes and dislikes? Say someone is preparing some  prasāda  . . .
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  No disliking, no liking. Whatever Kṛṣṇa likes, that's all right.
A DEVOTEE:  Yes. But say someone prepares something,