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No one should criticize the bodily defects of a pure devotee. What should be taken into account is the spiritual master’s main business, which is devotional service , pure service to the Supreme Lord.

There are six principles favorable to the execution of pure devotional service: (1) being enthusiastic These six principles undoubtedly assure the complete success of pure devotional service.

There are six principles favorable to the execution of pure devotional service: (1) being enthusiastic These six principles undoubtedly assure the complete success of pure devotional service.

Devotional service is so pure and perfect that once having begun, one is forcibly dragged to ultimate take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord and thus begin the preliminary execution of devotional of one who executes the prescribed duties according to his varṇa and āśrama but does not take to devotional Although a fallen devotee may take his next birth in a low family, his devotional service will nonetheless Devotional service is ahaituky apratihatā; it is not the effect of any mundane cause, nor can it be terminated

dīkṣā] and is engaged in worshiping the Deity, and one should associate with and faithfully serve that pure devotee who is advanced in undeviated devotional service and whose heart is completely devoid of the

>] and is engaged in worshiping the Deity, and one should associate with and faithfully serve that pure devotee who is advanced in undeviated devotional service and whose heart is completely devoid of the

In this verse Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī explains how to perform devotional activities in the association of remnants of food offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in order to maintain our spirit of devotional service we must accept this prasāda as the Lord’s grace received through the pure devotees. We should also invite pure devotees to our home, offer them prasāda and be prepared to please them in

Avyabhicāriṇī bhakti means unalloyed devotion. A person engaged in devotional service must be free from material motives. Jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam: unalloyed devotional service, which is transcendental to the activities of the body and mind, such as jñāna (mental speculation) and karma (fruitive work), is called pure bhakti-yoga One should therefore not see a pure devotee from a materialistic point of view.

Devotional service means transcendental activities. This is called viśuddha-sattva, the platform of pure goodness, or goodness free from contamination by Thus we hold continuous activities in devotional service twenty-four hours daily.

universal creation of Brahmā, some fortunate soul may receive the seed of bhakti-latā, the creeper of devotional When by good fortune one comes in contact with a pure devotee and hears from him patiently, one begins to follow the path of devotional service. If by fortune one takes advantage of this opportunity to engage in devotional service, the path of liberation

in knowledge [jñānīs], one who is practically liberated by virtue of his knowledge may take to devotional However, one who has actually attained prema, pure love of Kṛṣṇa, is superior to him. Who, then, will not reside at Rādhā-kuṇḍa and, in a spiritual body surcharged with ecstatic devotional Indeed, those who execute devotional service on the banks of Rādhā-kuṇḍa are the most fortunate people

chanting the holy name of the Lord – the offensive stage, the stage of lessening offenses, and the pure devotee avoids these, he can glimpse the next stage, which is situated between offensive chanting and pure When one attains the pure stage, he is immediately liberated.

Being situated in his original Kṛṣṇa conscious position, a pure devotee does not identify with the body According to ordinary vision, such imperfections may seem prominent in the body of a pure devotee, but despite such seeming defects, the body of a pure devotee cannot be polluted.

Being situated in his original Kṛṣṇa conscious position, a pure devotee does not identify with the body According to ordinary vision, such imperfections may seem prominent in the body of a pure devotee, but despite such seeming defects, the body of a pure devotee cannot be polluted.

knowledge [jñānīs], one who is practically liberated by virtue of his knowledge may take to devotional However, one who has actually attained prema, pure love of Kṛṣṇa, is superior to him. Who, then, will not reside at Rādhā-kuṇḍa and, in a spiritual body surcharged with ecstatic devotional Indeed, those who execute devotional service on the banks of Rādhā-kuṇḍa are the most fortunate people

(5.18.12), all the good qualities of the demigods manifest progressively in one who has developed pure devotional service.

One is forbidden to observe the activities of a pure Vaiṣṇava from a material point of view. For the neophyte especially, considering a pure devotee from a material point of view is very injurious One should therefore avoid observing a pure devotee externally, but should try to see the internal features In this way one can avoid seeing the pure devotee from a material point of view, and thus one can gradually

This is the way to cultivate devotional service properly; therefore in this verse Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī away by bad association should be shown favor if they are eager to receive proper instructions from pure

behind Him the eight verses known as Śikṣāṣṭaka, Rūpa Gosvāmī gave us Upadeśāmṛta so that we may become pure

It is stated that a devotee will at once develop pure love of Kṛṣṇa in the wake of the gopīs if he once This is a most important item in the execution of devotional service. connection that Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa is the most select place for those interested in advancing their devotional This is the most exalted method for those engaged in devotional service under the protection of Śrī Caitanya live on the banks of the Rādhā-kuṇḍa and to bathe there daily constitute the highest perfection of devotional