At the end of one lecture Srila Prabhupada told the devotees, “If you become 90% Krishna conscious, you will go back home, back to Godhead.” Looking out into his audience, he saw that the devotees looked crestfallen. So then he said, “If you become 80% Krishna conscious, you will go back home, back to Godhead.” Still the devotees expressed doubt that they could become even 80% Krishna conscious. So then Srila Prabhupada said, “Ok, 70%,” and then the devotees responded with a big Jaya!

But as Srila Prabhupada was returning to his quarters, another devotee expressed concern that he would not be able to become even 70% Krishna conscious. So then Prabhupada said, “Ok, you just hold on to my dhoti. I have the key to the back door.”

(Told by Giriraja Maharaja)