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devotional activities in the association of pure devotees, he can also rise to the platform of pure devotional service

attachment gives the pretender hope that he may eventually rise onto the actual platform of pure devotional service

He does not long for any material respect in return for his activities.

He does not like to be idle. He wants service always, twenty-four hours a day, without deviation.

This means that detachment does not mean artificially keeping oneself aloof and apart from the allurements attachments, but the real position of a mature devotee is that even in the presence of all allurements, he is not

If the offense is very serious, then one’s attachment becomes almost nil, and if the offense is not very

material enjoyment and has developed pure ecstatic devotion, even if he is sometimes accidentally found not living up to the standard of devotional service, one should not be envious of him.

The idea of Kṛṣṇa’s beautiful activities is attracting my heart, and I do not know what I can do!”

(karmīs) or mental speculators because such attachment in pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness is very rare and not simply wants to have liberation and to merge into the impersonal brahma-jyotir, attachment to Kṛṣṇa is not

When a devotee, in spite of possessing all the qualities of pure realization, is not proud of his position

In this way his whole life is engaged in the service of the Lord, with not a moment wasted on any other

Thus, because he does not differentiate between himself and the Supreme Lord, it is his view that by

Similarly, a little fault in the midst of volumes of devotional service is not at all to be counted as

Let the curse of the brāhmaṇa’s son fall upon me – I do not mind.

But above all, I am not even born of a nice family.