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The exemplary character of devotional service manifested by the devotees of Vṛndāvana is the purest type of devotion. It is enjoined in authoritative śāstras that devotional service must be ahaitukī and apratihatā. The stage of devotional service is always transcendental. The gopīs particularly showed pure devotional service toward Kṛṣṇa, so much so that Kṛṣṇa Himself remained

By asking this benediction from the Lord, the sage Nārada showed the ideal prayer of all pure devotees A pure devotee never asks for any kind of material or spiritual benediction from the Lord; his only prayer A pure devotee does not care whether he is put into heaven or hell; he is satisfied anywhere, provided A pure devotee does not even want to stop the repetition of birth and death. To a pure devotee, it does not matter whether he has to take birth again in the various species of life

The pure devotees, who are always absorbed in the thought of the transcendental lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa and who are always engaged in devotional service in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, are never to be considered This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā: those who are engaged in the devotional service of the Lord have

Instead of becoming Your devotees, they are simply impediments on the path of devotion. Some of us are actually pure devotees, and some of us have taken shelter of Your lotus feet because we desire to gain something from devotion.

A devotee’s transcendental position within this material world is maintained in the association of pure transcendental loving service, as indicated by the previous ācāryas, and let me live in the association of pure other words, a devotee does not much care whether or not he is liberated; he is eager only for devotional Devotional service means that one does not do anything independently of the sanction of the ācāryas.

When Uddhava had been fully honored and worshiped by the pure devotees of Vṛndāvana, he returned to Mathurā After offering respects by bowing down before Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, he described the wonderful devotional

somehow or other favored by You, by Your mercy alone he is given the opportunity to associate with a pure My dear Lord, only by the association of pure devotees is one able to approach Your Lordship, who are You are the supreme goal of all pure devotees, and by association with pure devotees one can develop Therefore, development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness in the association of pure devotees is the cause of liberation

worship different demigods, and under the spell of material propensities they sometimes take to the devotional Not finding any recourse in material happiness, the devotee then engages himself absolutely in pure devotional

difficult for one to surrender fully unto the Personality of Godhead without being purified by devotional The wives of the brāhmaṇas, because they were inspired by pure devotional service, did not care for any

The instructions of a pure devotee to his disciple are also very simple. No one feels any difficulty in following in the footsteps of a pure devotee of the Lord. This transcendental position beyond the Vedic ritualistic performances is devotional service. In the Bhagavad-gītā the Lord clearly says that persons who are engaged in His devotional service without Actual Brahman realization means Kṛṣṇa consciousness and engagement in devotional service.

When He heard Śrutadeva’s prayers of pure devotion, He was very pleased and immediately caught his hands that they are traveling with Me, and wherever they go they immediately make the whole atmosphere as pure

material contamination or of stopping the repeated cycle of birth and death unless one is a thoroughly pure Therefore those who engage in Your devotional service without deviation, who always worship You, actually By devotional service, therefore, one satisfies not only the Personality of Godhead but also all others Such pure devotees, thoroughly engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, very easily overcome the cycle of birth

Because you are My pure devotees, not only your relatives but also people in general, as well as the So someone who becomes a pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa immediately becomes pleasing to everyone. The pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa is never inimical to anyone, nor can any sane person be an enemy of a pure devotee.

Not only does a pure devotee purify his own personal existence, but whoever becomes his disciple also In other words, not only can a pure devotee easily surpass death, but by his grace his followers can The power of devotional service is so great that a pure devotee can electrify another person by his transcendental

I actually accept only things offered to Me in devotion and love; otherwise, however valuable a thing If My pure devotee offers Me even the most insignificant things – a little flower, a little piece of leaf, a little water – but saturates the offering in devotional love, then not only do I gladly accept

The most intelligent devotees, therefore, do not take to any means of self-realization except devotional service and constant engagement in the nine different processes of devotional life, especially hearing Pure devotees seek only the association of paramahaṁsas, or great liberated devotees, so that they can For this purpose the pure devotees are prepared to sacrifice all comforts of life, even giving up the Those who have tasted the nectar of devotion by relishing the transcendental vibration of chanting Your

continued, “I offered to give you any kind of benediction just to test how much you have advanced in devotional Now I can see that you are on the platform of the pure devotees, for your mind is not disturbed by any

Sometimes it is seen that a person is very opulent materially, but due to his devotional service to the The real purport is that when a person is a pure devotee but at the same time, by miscalculation, wants

Four kinds of pious men take to devotional service. A person who tries to understand Kṛṣṇa with full knowledge and devotion by following in the footsteps This devotional attitude is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā: a devotee is never distressed in reverse In the higher stages of devotional service, a devotee is not even concerned with the list of do’s and Because a pure devotee follows in the footsteps of the ācāryas, any action he performs to discharge devotional

Lord Kṛṣṇa is the husband of the goddess of fortune; being pleased with His pure devotee, He can offer But the pure devotee does not ask anything from the Lord for his personal benefit.