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In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me.” [Bhagavad-gītā 18.54]

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.

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

We have given up all resultant actions of karma, jñāna, and yoga; and that is the stage of pure devotional service

Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommends pure devotional service.

This is the beginning of pure devotional service.

Most spiritual endeavors are tinged with the colors of materialism, but pure devotional service is transcendental

Śrīla Prabhupāda: But the Bible does not simply say, “Do not kill the human being.” It says broadly, “Thou shalt not kill.”

Mike Robinson: And you’re really not concerned whether or not they join the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement?

He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is not slain when the body is slain.”

“Thou Shalt Not Kill”

Śrīla Prabhupāda: Not necessarily.

If you are not arguing on the basis of logic, then you are not rational.

Reporter: Well, I’m not sure.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: That means that they do not have perfect knowledge. They do not know that behind nature is the will of Kṛṣṇa.

A man who is not intelligent enough does not inquire about this transcendental life; instead, he inquires about many irrelevant matters which do not concern his eternal existence. inquires from his mother, father, teachers, professors, books, and so many other sources, but he does not

Gentlemen, had he not appeared before us to deliver us from the thralldom of this gross worldly delusion Had he not appeared before us, we would not have been able to understand the eternal truth of the sublime Had he not appeared before us, we could not have been able to know the significance of the first śloka

Singh: It is not possible.

During this discussion Leddy said that “if there is a soul, you are not going to see it. You are not going to find it.

Any common man can distinguish that the dog does not understand what religion is. The dog is also a living being, but he is not interested in understanding the Bhagavad-gītā or the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam He is not interested. That is the distinction between man and dog: the animal is not interested.