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

The word bhakti means “devotional service,” or, in other words, submission to the Supreme Lord. So, to reach the spiritual abode of the Lord, we must engage in pure devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.

Next Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says that pure bhakti must be ānukūlyena, or favorable. At that time we will be elevated to first-class devotional service.

“When first-class devotional service develops, one must be devoid of all material desires, of knowledge A pure devotee must constantly serve Kṛṣṇa favorably, as Kṛṣṇa desires.”

You cannot find pure goodness (śuddha-sattva) in this material world, for pure goodness is the transcendental To come to the platform of pure goodness, which is the ideal, one has to undergo austerities (tapasā In this way one can rise to the platform of pure goodness.

Actually they were lusty when they came to Kṛṣṇa, but Kṛṣṇa is so pure that they became first-class devotees There is no comparison to the gopīs’ devotion, because they loved Kṛṣṇa with heart and soul.

Similarly, we are originally pure spirit soul, part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, and therefore our original, constitutional position is as pure as God’s.

As Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, nitya-yuktā upāsate: “My pure devotees perpetually worship Me with devotion.”

In the above verse from the Nārada-pañcarātra, the word nirmalam means “completely pure.” free from designations, and when with that freedom and in that purity we serve Kṛṣṇa – that is devotional

A pure devotee may see a tree, but he forgets the tree and sees the energy of Kṛṣṇa.

He will become a pure, Kṛṣṇa conscious person.

personally present now, to know Him one must be fortunate enough to associate with a person who is in pure Kṛṣṇa conscious person has realized knowledge, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, because He is satisfied with pure devotional service.

For instance, water pouring down from a cloud is pure, but as soon as the water comes in touch with the And as soon as our consciousness is clear and pure, we are eligible to be transferred to the spiritual

The next words Rūpa Gosvāmī uses to describe pure bhakti are jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam. If we want to practice pure bhakti, we should work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness selflessly – not just to get

Then one immediately rises to the platform of pure goodness.

The soul is pure, but because of his contact with the different qualities of material nature, he is “

For a mahā-bhāgavata, a pure devotee, there is no conception of material and spiritual, because he sees

When a pure devotee prays, “My dear Lord, I want You for my son,” Kṛṣṇa accepts his prayer.

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It won’t matter whether one is a brāhmaṇa [a learned and pure intellectual] or a kṣatriya [an administrator