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When these four kinds of persons come to the Supreme Lord for devotional service and are completely purified by the association of a pure devotee, they also become pure devotees. As far as the miscreants are concerned, for them devotional service is very difficult because their lives But even some of them, by chance, when they come in contact with a pure devotee, also become pure devotees

who obey the rules and regulations of scriptures, the moral and social laws, and are, more or less, devoted These persons come to the Supreme Lord for devotional service under different conditions. These are not pure devotees, because they have some aspiration to fulfill in exchange for devotional Pure devotional service is without aspiration and without desire for material profit. The Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.11) defines pure devotion thus:

Of these, the one who is in full knowledge and who is always engaged in pure devotional service is the

Of these, the one who is in full knowledge and who is always engaged in pure devotional service is the

That is called pure devotional service.”

the distressed, the inquisitive, the penniless and the seeker after supreme knowledge can all become pure , he who is in knowledge of the Absolute Truth and free from all material desires becomes a really pure And of the four orders, the devotee who is in full knowledge and is at the same time engaged in devotional and the man in knowledge all become themselves pure. in devotional service that material contamination cannot touch him.

busy with fruitive activities come to the Lord in material distress and at that time associate with pure Those who are simply frustrated also come sometimes to associate with the pure devotees and become inquisitive of knowledge, they sometimes want to learn of God, and they come to the Supreme Lord to render devotional fully understand that material remuneration has nothing to do with spiritual improvement, they become pure So one has to transcend all this before one can come to the stage of pure devotional service.

A pure devotee of the Lord is therefore not awarded the material benefits desired by less intelligent entities, who therefore prefer to worship demigods of the material world rather than engage in the devotional

body, becomes one of the associates of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and engages in eternal devotional This Brahman conception of life is also in devotional service, as described in this verse. The pure devotees are transcendentally situated on the Brahman platform, and they know everything about

Because the pure devotee engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness in devotional service of the Supreme Lord achieves Therefore the mercy of the Supreme Lord upon His pure devotees is unlimited.

principles of religion, who have acted piously, and who have conquered sinful reactions can accept devotional service and gradually rise to the pure knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This elevation is possible in Kṛṣṇa consciousness in the association of pure devotees, for in the association

But the pure devotee, when in need of something, prays only to the Supreme Lord. Asking for material benefit, however, is not a sign of a pure devotee. Devotional service to the Supreme Lord and the worship of a demigod cannot be on the same platform, because worship of a demigod is material and devotional service to the Supreme Lord is completely spiritual.

There is a very intimate relationship between Me and the pure devotees. Pure devotees in full knowledge are never out of spiritual touch, and therefore they are very much dear

As he hears more about Kṛṣṇa from the Bhāgavatam and from the devotees, he becomes fixed in the devotional By development of devotional service one becomes freed from the modes of passion and ignorance, and thus When these impurities are wiped away, the candidate remains steady in his position of pure goodness, becomes enlivened by devotional service and understands the science of God perfectly.

Concentration of the mind upon Kṛṣṇa the Supreme is made possible by prescribed devotional service in One has therefore to learn from Kṛṣṇa directly or from a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa – and not from a nondevotee

who are freed from all material contaminations surrender unto the Supreme Lord and engage in His devotional In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is recommended that whether one is a pure devotee and is free from all material

The living entity, while executing devotional service or transcendental rituals after many, many births , may actually become situated in transcendental pure knowledge that the Supreme Personality of Godhead understand that there are activities in the spiritual life and that these activities constitute devotional

In such a situation he takes pleasure in hearing and glorifying the Supreme Lord in pure devotional service

constitutional position of the living entity is that of subordination to the Supreme Lord, who is pure When one is deluded into separation from this pure knowledge, he becomes controlled by the illusory energy Pure devotees, who are not deluded or contaminated by desire and hate, can understand that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

But a pure devotee knows that the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa is the master of all. Therefore a pure devotee never goes to demigods for satisfaction of his material needs. And the pure devotee is satisfied with whatever He gives.