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What I want is only the causeless mercy of Your devotional service in my life, birth after birth.” There are many examples of the pure devotional attitude. Being a pure devotee, Prahlāda Mahārāja refused to ask for anything. This is the pure devotional attitude.

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

As stated before, the pure devotee does not even want liberation; he simply asks to remain Kṛṣṇa’s devotee Always wanting to engage in God’s transcendental loving service is the symptom of pure devotion. But in order to associate with God in the spiritual planets, one must become His pure devotee.

being omnipotent, is unconquerable, but it is said that He is not only obtained but conquered through pure devotional service.

A pure devotee does not even want salvation. Caitanya Mahāprabhu, however, requested only devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, birth after birth; in

For those who are not pure devotees, Lord Kṛṣṇa explains at what times one should leave the body in order

Kṛṣṇa conscious person has realized knowledge, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, because he is satisfied with pure devotional service.

Through bhakti, pure devotion to Kṛṣṇa, we can leave the association of Māyā and be promoted to the eternal

That is the characteristic of pure devotion.

The Supreme Lord, God, is pure, and His kingdom is also pure. If one wants to enter His kingdom, he must also be pure.

In this state, one sees the Self by the pure mind and relishes and rejoices in the Self. “Pure mind” means understanding, “I belong to Kṛṣṇa.” The mind is pure when it understands, “I belong to Kṛṣṇa.”

Pure devotees are always merged in the thought of Kṛṣṇa and are always remembering that Kṛṣṇa is with

This is characterized by one’s ability to see the Self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in

Bhaj-dhātu is similar in that there is no question of motive, but service is rendered out of pure love

Such a yogi turns into a pure devotee and cannot bear to live for a moment without seeing the Lord within

and in order to understand Kṛṣṇa, we must be fortunate enough to associate with a person who is in pure

If we can continue to live a pure life until the time of death, we will surely be transferred to the

All these transcendental activities are quite befitting a pure devotee.”

A pure devotee, however, does not experience this.

In fact, the pure soul is entangled in the material world because of the mind’s ego, which desires to