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Bhakti: the art of eternal love 8
Pure devotional service is the only means to attract Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is all-attractive, but pure devotional service attracts even Him. This means that pure devotional service is even transcendentally stronger than Kṛṣṇa Himself, because
Bhakti: the art of eternal love 8
The Rarity of Pure Devotional Service
Bhakti: the art of eternal love 8
Pure devotional service is rarely achieved.
Bhakti: the art of eternal love 8
Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness.
Bhakti: the art of eternal love 8
Pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure.
Bhakti: the art of eternal love 8
Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation.
Bhakti: the art of eternal love 8
Next Rūpa Gosvāmī gives six unique features of pure devotional service.
Bhakti: the art of eternal love 8
Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress.
Bhakti: the art of eternal love 8
And that can be achieved only by engagement in pure devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, without any material So engaging in pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness.
Bhakti: the art of eternal love 8
Happiness derived from pure devotional service is the highest because it is eternal, whereas the happiness
Bhakti: the art of eternal love 8
Thus, any person who has developed even a little quantity of pure devotional service can very easily
Bhakti: the art of eternal love 8
knowledge can also be dissipated by Kṛṣṇa consciousness, as is confirmed in the Padma Purāṇa as follows: “Pure devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the highest enlightenment, and when such enlightenment