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Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī explains pure devotional service in this verse from Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu [1.1.11

So, to reach the spiritual abode of the Lord, we must engage in pure devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: Not only Arjuna but everyone is perplexed about his duty. When a physician is seriously sick, he does not prescribe his own treatment. He knows his brain is not in order, so he calls for another physician.

They are all puruṣa, or persons; they are not impersonal. pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tv ananyayā: One can approach the Supreme Person only by devotional service – not by challenge, not by philosophical speculation, and not by exercising in this yoga or that yoga. It is not stated that one can reach Him by philosophical speculation or mental concoction or some physical

Ah-h-h … but it is not so easy. If you simply go on performing pious activities, still this eagerness is not available.

And because people are not educated, they’re accepting these rascals as Vedāntists. Actually, the so-called Vedāntists are bluffers; they are not Vedāntists. They do not know anything of the vedānta. But if we take shelter of the bluffers, then we will not learn vedānta. People do not know anything, so they can be bluffed and cheated by anyone.

But we are not meant for social convention. We are preachers, servants of God, and we must speak the real truth, whether you like it or not.

But people do not know the reality of the spiritual sky. The Bhāgavatam says, na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum: “People do not know their self-interest. They do not know that human life is meant for understanding spiritual reality and preparing ourselves It is not meant for remaining here in the material world.” The spiritual world, however, is not dark; it is full of light.

There is no one in the creation who can claim that he is not controlled. People in other countries are fortunate that Gods are not manufactured there, but in India Gods are manufactured But Kṛṣṇa is not the type of God who is created in a mystic factory. No. He was not made God: He is God.

“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body

may be argued that although we have accepted Him as a perfect person, there are many others who do not But one should not think that this acceptance is whimsical: He is accepted as the perfect person on the We do not accept Kṛṣṇa as perfect simply on the basis of our whims or sentiments. Nārada’s spiritual master, Brahmā, accepts Kṛṣṇa not only as the Supreme Person but the supreme controller

Śrīla Prabhupāda: As far as Vedic religion is concerned, it is not for the Hindus; it is for all living Sanātana-dharma is meant for all living entities, not just the so-called Hindus. Now that sanātana-dharma, or Vedic dharma, is being distorted, not being obeyed, not being carried out But that is a freak understanding; that is not a real understanding.

Kṛṣṇa does not want your property. Kṛṣṇa is open to the poorest man for being worshiped. [Bhagavad-gītā 9.26] Kṛṣṇa is not hungry, but Kṛṣṇa wants to make you a devotee. Kṛṣṇa is not hungry; Kṛṣṇa is providing food for everyone.

Knowledge does not mean “Now we have discovered this atomic bomb.” That is not knowledge.

Such a person is not a guru; he’s a servant. A real guru is not a servant of his disciples; he is their master. becomes a servant, if he wants to please the disciples by flattering them to get their money, then he is not

Kṛṣṇa is not poor, and the Kṛṣṇa-seller – the Kṛṣṇa devotee – he’s also not poor.

It is not possible, for Kṛṣṇa is so great that He is beyond our sensual range.

A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.” [Bhagavad-gītā 2.13]

If someone says, “I’m not educated at all, and I cannot read books,” he is still not disqualified. tongue and two ears, and we may be surprised to know that Kṛṣṇa is realized through the ears and tongue, not

If you are given some white powder and you find that it is not sweet, you will at once say, “Oh, this is not sugar; it is something else.”