By Scott PowickIs it possible to achieve a state of complete purity? "It is," Mukunda says, "otherwise it would be a zero sum game." The basic tenet of the Hare Krishnas is that we're not the physical body and that we're all a part of God. "The Hare Krishnas encourage people to love God better, whatever you choose to call god, and be more sincere to whatever they adhere to and to show compassion to all, including all animals. "It's non-sectarian and it's not even a religion. Srila Prabhupada called it a cultural movement for the respiritualisation of society." His devotion and practice over the years has deepened, and what he's starting to realise more and more is that it's non sectarian. Reflecting on the movement's birthday, he says: "The 50th year is a turning point in a person's life and glorified in marriages, anniversaries. "At the time I signed the first document I had no idea it was going to expand and be anything like it is now.