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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

One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind and senses is dear to everyone

One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind and senses is dear to everyone

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:

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

; toyam – water; yaḥ – whoever; me – unto Me; bhaktyā – with devotion prayacchati – offers; tat – that; aham – I; bhakti-upahṛtam – offered in devotion ; aśnāmi – accept; prayata-ātmanaḥ – from one in pure consciousness.

The Seventh and Eighth chapters of Bhagavad-gītā have explained pure devotional service to the Lord that Those who are not purely sanctified may be attracted by different features of the Lord like the impersonal brahma-jyotir and localized Paramātmā, but a pure devotee directly takes to the service of the Supreme

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

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

It is said here that this devotional service is eternally existing. Although they sometimes take to so-called devotional service, their idea is that as long as they are not liberated they will continue their devotional service, but at the end, when they become liberated Such temporary time-serving devotional service is not accepted as pure devotional service. Actual devotional service continues even after liberation.

The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive

The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive

That is called pure devotional service.”

The Māyāvādī philosophers think that without discriminating one cannot have pure knowledge. For them this answer is given by the Supreme Lord: those who are engaged in pure devotional service,

of births, one’s heart is always covered with the dust of materialism, but when one engages in devotional and constantly chants Hare Kṛṣṇa, the dust quickly clears, and one is elevated to the platform of pure The ultimate goal, Viṣṇu, can be attained only by this chant and by devotional service, and not by mental The pure devotee does not have to worry about the material necessities of life; he need not be anxious 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.

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.