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That is real devotion. A devotee does not want to go to Vaikuṇṭha or any liberation. That is pure devotion. That is pure devotee. That is pure devotee.”

one morning with devotees on Waikiki Beach, Prabhupāda answered their questions about the nature of pure devotional service.

Thus in Ramaṇa-reti, in a place where there was no temple, a pure devotee desired, “Let there be a temple , and sevā, devotional service.” Such is the power of the desires of the pure devotee.

Śrīla Prabhupāda made deep and joyful appreciations of the pure devotion of mother Yaśodā for baby Kṛṣṇa , and he described her as the emblem of all pure devotees of the Lord, especially the residents of Vṛndāvana “The pure devotees who inhabit Vṛndāvana,” he wrote, “do not possess any bodily conception.” Such pure devotees were fully dedicated to the service of the Lord in sublime affection, prema. This had been described by Lord Caitanya, he said, as the highest perfection of life, pure love in relationship

International Society for Krishna Consciousness was being more and more appreciated as the movement of pure devotional service to God, a movement available for men in all religions and lands who hanker for pure worship and pure service unto the Personality of Godhead.

This did not mean his writings were lacking in substance; they were pure substance. , selecting from the commentaries of the previous ācāryas whatever would best impel his readers to pure devotional service. states that the Bhāgavatam excludes all materially motivated forms of religiosity and offers only pure devotional service.

Rather, one of his disciples would read from The Nectar of Devotion, and Prabhupāda would interject extensive philosophical comments on attaining pure love of Kṛṣṇa through the successive stages of bhakti-yoga.

Of course, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa was not a theatrical performance; it was an act of devotion. In fact, it could only be properly done by pure devotees – not by professional musicians.

Financial needs, national and local governmental restrictions, ignorant and demoniac enemies of pure devotion to the Lord, envy, personal ambition and disagreements among neophyte devotees, struggles and

“Most likely because you’re a pure devotee and I am not pure, that’s why the mosquitoes are biting me

His departure marked the completion of a lifetime of pure devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.

“You are all pure devotees with no other motives.”

They must work in pure devotion. The kṣatriya also.

As a pure devotee, he was not subjected to the law of karma, which awards reactions for pious and sinful As stated by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, “One whose body, mind, and words are fully engaged in devotional service People often misunderstand the movements of a pure devotee within the material world, just as one, on

“Swamiji,” Upendra asked, “what does the spiritual master or pure devotee see as he walks through the

mind, satisfaction, freedom from anxiety – can be obtained by anyone who takes wholeheartedly to devotional This pure, happy state can be realized by receiving the ongoing, dynamic legacy which Prabhupāda left consciousness will also inherit the most wonderful realization in his relationship with Śrīla Prabhupāda, the pure

For the sincere devotee, all authentic accounts of the life of the pure devotee are inspiring, instructive By hearing the transcendental pastimes of Kṛṣṇa’s pure devotee, one receives all the benefits that he

spiritual path in Vṛndāvana was one of hard labor, anxiety, combating the elements, and working as pure instruments in the service of Kṛṣṇa’s pure devotee.

Not understanding the facts of karma or the pure devotee’s power to deliver a person from karma, people But only by the merciful intervention of the pure devotee does Kṛṣṇa pardon our sins. And because most sinful people are not seeking relief unless the pure devotee comes to deliver them,

Suppose a hundred pure, saintly, Kṛṣṇa conscious people are meditating or discussing together, and someone