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Definition of Pure Devotional Service
The purport is that one may also be in Kṛṣṇa consciousness unfavorably, but that cannot be counted as pure Pure devotional service should be free from the desire for any material benefit or for sense gratification Pure devotional service must always be free from such fruitive activities and philosophical speculations One has to learn Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or pure devotional service, from the authorities by spontaneous
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.18.12
Anyone who has got unalloyed bhakti, devotion... Akiñcanā means without any material desire. That is not pure devotion. That is adulterated. That is also devotion, but it is adulterated. Pure devotion means without any material desire. That is pure devotion.
Morning Walk
Pure..., pure devotion means śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam. [break]
Bhagavad-gītā 10.1–3
This is pure devotion.
Bhagavad-gītā 7.3
Therefore pure devotion is,
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.12-13
Not devotion for some purpose. That is not pure devotee. If you have got some purpose to... But that is not pure. Pure devotee never asks anything from the Lord. That is pure devotion.
Six Features of Pure Bhakti
Pure devotional service is rarely achieved. 5. He was quite happy in his present position and wanted only to gain unflinching faith and devotion unto pure devotional service. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, “My dear Lord, some of the fortunate persons who are swimming in the ocean of Your nectar of devotion Godhead, the greatest among all greats, He remained with those royal brothers, being attracted by their devotion
Morning Walk
Bhāgavata: So when one follows the nine activities of devotion purely, that is pure bhakti.
Definition of a Pure Devotee
The definition of a pure devotee, as given by Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, can be summarized He should be restored to his pure identity, in which he engages his senses in the service of the proprietor This is purity of purpose and the platform of pure devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.2.11
Therefore pure devotion means anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam [Brs. 1.1.11]. Pure devotion means one should be freed from all material desires, even from the desire of being elevated So they are not pure devotion. They are karma-kāṇḍa, jñāna-kāṇḍa.
Room Conversation with three Trappist Monks
Prabhupāda: No, it is not wrong, but it is not pure devotion.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.56–62 at Adubhai Patel's House
He could ask any material benediction from Lord Nṛsiṁha-deva, but this is not pure devotee. They were pure devotees. By worshiping Lord, one should not ask for any material benediction. That is not pure devotion. Pure devotion means anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam [Brs. 1.1.11], no material desire, anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam