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For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and

For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and

But for the personalist, or pure devotee, one has to go still further, to become engaged in pure devotional This means that one who is engaged in pure devotional service to the Supreme Lord is already in a state

Because of his pure devotional service, a devotee can understand the transcendental qualities and the As it is stated in the Eleventh Chapter, only by devotional service can one understand. The same is confirmed here; one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead by devotional service

Anyone, however, who tries sincerely to present Bhagavad-gītā as it is will advance in devotional activities and reach the pure devotional state of life. As a result of such pure devotion, he is sure to go back home, back to Godhead.

In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me.

In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me.

If anyone wants to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he has to take to pure devotional service under the guidance of a pure devotee. Only one who is actually engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and devotional service can understand what Kṛṣṇa

In every chapter of Bhagavad-gītā, Lord Kṛṣṇa stresses that devotional service unto the Supreme Personality In the first six chapters, stress was given to devotional service: yoginām api sarveṣām … “Of all yogīs In the next six chapters, pure devotional service and its nature and activity were discussed. The third part of Bhagavad-gītā has shown that devotional service, and nothing else, is the ultimate In every scripture, every Veda, devotional service is the objective.

bhaktyā – by pure devotional service; mām – Me; abhijānāti – one can know;

works for sense gratification, there is misery, but in the absolute world, when one is engaged in pure devotional service, there is no misery. Because a pure devotee has no thought other than Kṛṣṇa, he is naturally always joyful. This is the brahma-bhūta stage, and this stage is attained very easily by the pure devotee. Such a stage can be achieved by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, who preached pure devotional service in this

Those who are righteous in performing devotional service but who are not pure can attain the planetary

Though engaged in all kinds of activities, My pure devotee, under My protection, reaches the eternal

Though engaged in all kinds of activities, My pure devotee, under My protection, reaches the eternal

Devotional service is there, and as long as devotional service exists, there must be God, the devotee , and the process of devotional service. material life; in spiritual life the same distinction is there, the same individuality is there, but in pure

To be free from material contamination, a pure devotee acts under the direction of the Supreme Lord or There is no time limitation for a pure devotee.

Persons who have not undergone the austerities of the religious process, who have never attempted devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, who have not tended a pure devotee, and especially those who are conscious Without understanding Kṛṣṇa from the authority of a pure devotee, one should not try to comment upon

The most confidential part of knowledge is that one should become a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa and always And the Lord’s promise is that anyone who is in such pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness will certainly return to

In other words, devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, in full consciousness, is the most confidential part of Karma-yogīs, empiric philosophers, mystics and devotees are all called transcendentalists, but one who is a pure

The actual perfection of knowledge is in attaining pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness; that is described in the