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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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