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For the devotees at Tittenhurst, to have Prabhupāda living among them was again to witness Kṛṣṇa’s pure devotee as he engaged constantly in ecstatic devotional service with his body, mind, and words. Kṛṣṇa consciousness at every moment, and his presence confirmed that the most exalted platform of pure devotional service was a reality.

Anyone who takes to the process of pure devotional service will never be checked.”

“One must be pure inside and out. Chanting in purity brings spiritual advancement. But the impure can become pure by following Kṛṣṇa, by doing all works for Kṛṣṇa. to advance spiritually you must resist this temptation and continually increase your efforts and devotion

Chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa was not a theatrical performance but an act of devotion, properly conducted only by pure devotees – not by professional musicians.

wrote on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to earn their livelihood, they could not convert materialistic people to devotional Only a pure devotee could change the materialistic heart.

Confidently, he led the mantra, absorbed in pure devotion, and they responded.

Prabhupāda did not even conclude that he was a pure devotee, only that he was the servant of a pure devotee

The devotees’ dress, behavior, and way of life showed pure bhakti-yoga, and their kīrtana was genuine Devotion to Kṛṣṇa was the heart of their own culture, yet they had never expressed it to such a degree

Gosvāmī; without following the teachings and example of Rūpa Gosvāmī, one cannot enter the path of pure devotion to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. unto Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, the personified energy of Śrī Caitanya’s mercy, who delivers devotional You do not tolerate any statement that is against the teachings of devotional service enunciated by Śrīla

This was pure devotional service – to be free from all material desires and to serve Kṛṣṇa as directed

Gradually, under Śrīla Prabhupāda’s pure influence, Upendra began to feel less agitated by sexual demands material body but a spiritual soul, that the soul’s eternal nature was to love Kṛṣṇa, and that for a pure

As he spoke, focusing simply and purely on devotion to the Deity, the devotees suddenly realized the

merely a religious zealot trying to increase a sect; his writing, traveling, and preaching were done in pure devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa and were therefore transcendental.

He was a pure devotee. He could do anything. Hadn’t he often described how a pure devotee is transcendental to material pangs?

He also saw that the remedy for their suffering was pure devotional service.

I thought he was a saintly person with pure devotion and without any outward glamor. He was devoted to his studies.

I have therefore composed an invocation, praying that I be permitted to tell this story purely from the When properly told, the life of the pure devotee brings the greatest joy and benefit to the hearers.

would be difficult for his Western disciples to stick to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and attain the goal of pure devotional service.

Gour Mohan was undisturbed that his pet son could no longer attend to all the devotional activities of He saw that Abhay was remaining pure in all his habits, that he was not adopting Western ideas or challenging

It was inevitable that Abhay would think of engaging Mahatma Gandhi in devotional service. But be that as it may, he was not as yet fully engaged in pure devotional service, and his activities