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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.
Morning Walk
Bhāgavata: So when one follows the nine activities of devotion purely, that is pure bhakti.
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
Room Conversation with Tripurāri
That is real devotion. A devotee does not want to go to Vaikuṇṭha or any liberation. That is pure devotion. That is pure devotee. Pure devotion does not mean to... He is always under the protection of Kṛṣṇa. That is pure devotional service. Mama janmani janmanīśvare bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī [Cc. That is pure devotion. [aside:] [indistinct].
The Nectar of Devotion
Pradyumna: [reading] "4) Pure devotional service is rarely achieved. 5) Those in pure devotional service
Bhagavad-gītā 16.8
"Anyone who is engaged in My devotional service without any adulteration, pure..." Pure devotional service means anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam [Brs. 1.1.11] = no other desire, no duplicity, pure That is not pure devotion. Pure devotion means without any motive = "Kṛṣṇa is my Lord. That is pure devotion. Anyone who is serving Kṛṣṇa without any motive, without any alloy---pure devotional service---he's already