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material desires or motives within himself, and for fulfillment of such desires he engages himself in devotional service, the result will be that he will never get pure love of God. If one is thinking, “I am engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, in Kṛṣṇa’s devotional service, because I want the stage of pure love of Godhead. Pure devotion is devoid of all desires – it is simply to render loving service for its own sake.

From the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Lord Caitanya gives an example of pure devotion: it is said in the Bhāgavatam This is the beginning of pure devotional service. everything about Kṛṣṇa simply by hearing a little glorification of His qualities, that is the beginning of pure

Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that if one really wants love of God, then one has to follow the process of pure devotional service. This is the definition of pure devotional service. Hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam. If someone says, “I am always thinking of Kṛṣṇa,” that is not pure devotional service.

This is the beginning of pure devotion.

When our pure devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is employed and there are no impediments or stumbling blocks, that is the symptom of pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

There is no ambition or motive in pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness. A pure devotee has no such ambitions. A pure devotee does not even desire to go to the supreme abode of Kṛṣṇa.

They speak of God, but actually they do not love God; because there is no cultivation of pure devotional

A pure devotee’s position is that he has no enemy because he is not envious. A pure devotee is always open to everyone, and he does not discriminate that this person can be allowed The pure devotee, seeing everything with an equal mind, is therefore nonenvious.

Pure devotees, however, do not accept these various forms of liberation. The highest perfection of devotional service, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is exhibited when a devotee refuses He replied in that way, and that is the sign of a pure person. But the sublime position of bhakti-yoga, or devotional service, is that a pure devotee refuses to accept

When one’s senses are no longer inclined toward material sense gratification, one’s status is called pure devotion.

This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement aims at teaching people how to become gopī-janas, or pure lovers of When we reach that stage of pure love of God, the Lord will save us from any danger, even if it means

Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommends pure devotional service.

That is the sign of pure devotion.

Lord Caitanya, however, speaks of favorably engaging all the senses in the service of Kṛṣṇa in pure devotional

Their attitude was one of pure love, and they thought, “He may or may not be God – it doesn’t matter. one thinks, “If Kṛṣṇa is God, I shall love Him,” it should be known that this is not the platform of pure

A pure devotee does not want anything from Kṛṣṇa; he simply wants to serve Him.

The pure devotees of Kṛṣṇa, however, are interested not in exploiting others but in helping people become

The spark of love for Kṛṣṇa is struck by the spiritual master, the pure devotee.

This is the process of pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

For the spiritual master, a pure devotee, heaven and hell are both the same if there is no Kṛṣṇa consciousness