Nondevotee; hastled endlessly by corrupt demons, eventually wants to escape material existence, takes to devotional service imitation
Neophyte; Wants to find liberation, therefore starts to build an internal dream world of "service", composed of pretty pictures of Sri Krsna and endless repeated ritual. Thinking themselves now advanced compared to the "karmis", they criticize real and advanced devotees, saying, "oh, they are involved with politics and everything (I am rightly running away from like a scared rabbit), those prabhus are in maya!"
Advanced devotee; Realizing that they are eternal servants of Radha Krsna, now, no matter where they are, they are actually doing something REAL in THIS LIFE HERE AND NOW, as best they can, to fix things, as desired by Sri Gurudeva, including fielding insults from neophytes who say the actual devotees are in maya for fighting to the very death to fix things. An advanced devotee is Krsna conscious, and at the same time is fighting practically to fix things, he is not hiding. THAT is devotional service.
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So Vaiṣṇavas, they do not simply chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. If there is need, they can fight under the guidance of Viṣṇu and become victorious !
Hawaii,7,1969
Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami