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The journey of self-discovery 2
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī explains pure devotional service in this verse from Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu [1.1.11
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So, to reach the spiritual abode of the Lord, we must engage in pure devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
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Next Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says that pure bhakti must be ānukūlyena, or favorable.
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A pure devotee must constantly serve Kṛṣṇa favorably, as Kṛṣṇa desires.”
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As Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, nitya-yuktā upāsate: “My pure devotees perpetually worship Me with devotion.”
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Actually they were lusty when they came to Kṛṣṇa, but Kṛṣṇa is so pure that they became first-class devotees There is no comparison to the gopīs’ devotion, because they loved Kṛṣṇa with heart and soul.
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In the above verse from the Nārada-pañcarātra, the word nirmalam means “completely pure.”
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personally present now, to know Him one must be fortunate enough to associate with a person who is in pure Kṛṣṇa conscious person has realized knowledge, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, because He is satisfied with pure
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You cannot find pure goodness (śuddha-sattva) in this material world, for pure goodness is the transcendental To come to the platform of pure goodness, which is the ideal, one has to undergo austerities (tapasā In this way one can rise to the platform of pure goodness.
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Similarly, we are originally pure spirit soul, part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, and therefore our original, constitutional position is as pure as God’s.
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A pure devotee may see a tree, but he forgets the tree and sees the energy of Kṛṣṇa.
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He will become a pure, Kṛṣṇa conscious person.