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Perfection of pure devotional service is attained when all attention is diverted toward the transcendental

This is bhakti, pure devotional service, for as mentioned by Rūpa Gosvāmī, devotional service should

They know what they don’t want, but they do not know what they do want. That they do not know.

We should not be too hasty. We should wait for the mature time. Of course, it is good to be eager to see Kṛṣṇa, but we should not become discouraged if we do not see It is not possible to have a child immediately. She must wait. We should not be disappointed.

the spiritual master, but because the spiritual master has developed consciousness and the bug does not remain in the material world or the spiritual world, but if our Kṛṣṇa consciousness is strong, we are not

However, giving up one’s attraction for material things is not sufficient. It is not possible to enjoy anything without variety.

Because they do not engage in devotional service, they simply undertake the hard labor of austerities

In other words, she does not want to be attracted to anything but Kṛṣṇa.

“O lotus-eyed Lord, those who think they are liberated in this life but do not render devotional service

So many things are not required. Why accumulate so much money and food and so much false prestige?” Otherwise it is not possible to get rid of desires. Jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam.

Unfortunately the Māyāvādīs do not know this. They think that the spiritual world is void.

Thus renunciation by itself, the simple giving up of worldly things, is not sufficient. Renunciation may be a helpful process, but it will not help absolutely.

If we do, the fire will not act.

, and the devotees in the spiritual world are also living entities, but in the human beings who are not

Kṛṣṇa does not require anyone’s service, for He is perfect in Himself.

Kṛṣṇa consciousness is likened to a river, but not an ordinary river.

In the Bhagavad-gītā we can see that Arjuna desired not to fight with his brothers and relations just Our attention is usually diverted to the service of something which is nongodly or not in the program

Her affection for the Pāṇḍavas and the Vṛṣṇis is not out of the range of devotional service, because Seeing in the darkness is not seeing.

Those who strictly follow the regulations of Kṛṣṇa consciousness actually live in the spiritual world, not

the world, but side by side we must have attraction for something, otherwise our renunciation will not