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The purificatory power of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, beginning with the chanting of the holy name, “Devotional service to the Lord is so powerful that one who performs it is immediately freed from all But pure devotional service is anyābhilāṣitā-śūnya, free from material desires. One who is situated in devotional service no longer has material desires, and thus he is beyond sinful The special advantage of devotional service is that it frees one of all material desires.

That is the effect of the pure chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

of various kinds is recommended in the Vedas for those who are not ready to take up the process of pure devotional service.

attracted to this movement because he has actually seen that it is turning hippies addicted to drugs into pure years ago, such hippies did not know the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, but now they are chanting it and becoming pure

Simply by chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa purely, one can come to understand the pastimes of the Supreme

The pure devotee’s business is to satisfy Kṛṣṇa, and as soon as he chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra,

Such foodstuffs are sāttvika, or pure and good, and they are allotted for human consumption.

naturally a very good man, can act like a bad man on Kṛṣṇa’s order and still not fall down: he remains a pure