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material progress to be the only goal of life and thus cannot appreciate the exalted position of pure devotional service Bhakti-yoga, or pure devotional service, is meant to directly please the senses of the Supreme Personality

described to Uddhava the essential wisdom of all the Upaniṣads, with the conclusion that pure devotional service

relationship with the supreme living entity, the Personality of Godhead; and by rendering pure devotional service

this; tava — your; praśnaḥ — question; naiḥśreyasa-karaḥ — the cause of pure devotional service

Sad-dharma, or bhāgavata-dharma, pure devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is unique

In other words, one should become a devotee of the Lord and learn the process of pure devotional service The easiest method of achieving pure devotional service is by the association of pure devotees of the

series, was born in a family of pure devotees, and he himself exhibited all the symptoms of pure devotional service But since by Kṛṣṇa’s arrangement these family members are not at all on the platform of pure devotional service

taught from birth to engage in sinful activities can at once be purified by the potency of pure devotional service

by-product of loving service to the Lord, and in the next verse the Lord begins His explanation of pure devotional service

one’s intelligence is always disturbed by fear, and one is unable to appreciate or practice pure devotional service But pure devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead frees one from fear and anxiety because

Pure devotional service is transcendental to the modes of nature, and therefore it appears mysterious

expert in the cultivation of speculative knowledge cannot understand the actual science of pure devotional service

That is called pure devotional service.”

Now Uddhava is hankering to hear specifically about pure devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, and the Lord

illusory energy, māyā, by surrendering to the lotus feet of the Lord and pleasing Him by pure devotional service

Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, there are several smṛti literatures that have encouraged such mixed devotional service

Lord, by serving whom the spirit soul completely eradicates his material sins and obtains pure devotional service

There is no scope in pure devotional service for any type of fruitive sacrifices.

Pure devotional service to the Lord is called kevala-bhakti, whereas devotional service mixed with speculative It should be understood, however, that pure devotional service is not nonphilosophical or anti-intellectual

those who pursue salvation, or liberation, can be protected and redirected to the path of pure devotional service