Pure Devotee's

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Hare Krsna Deare vaisnava's please accept my humble obeisances,

all glorie's to our Gurumaharaja and H.D.G. Bh. Srila Prabhupada.

 

 

The pure devotee of the Lord

 

A pure devotee constantly remembers Krsna and meditates upon Him. These

are qualifications of the pure devotee for whom the Lord is most easily

attainable. Bhakti-yoga is the system that the Gita recommends above all

others. Generally, the bhakti-yogis are engaged in five different ways: 1)

santa-bhakta, engaged in devotional service in neutrality; 2) dasya-bhakta,

engaged in devotional service as servant; 3) sakhya-bhakta, engaged as

friend; 4) vatsalya-bhakta, engaged as parent; and 5) madhurya-bhakta,

engaged as conjugal lover of the Supreme Lord. In any of these ways, the

pure devotee is always constantly engaged in the transcendental loving

service of the Supreme Lord and cannot forget the Supreme Lord, and so for

him the Lord is easily attained. A pure devotee cannot forget the Supreme

Lord for a moment, and similarly, the Supreme Lord cannot forget His pure

devotee for a moment. This is the great blessing of the Krsna conscious

process of chanting the maha-mantra--Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna,

Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

 

Is Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who gives pleasure to

the cows, the senses and the brahmanas, who is very affectionate towards His

devotees, enjoying the pious assembly at Dvaraka Puri surrounded by friends?

The Lord is so merciful upon His pure devotee that He presents His beloved

devotee as more powerful than Himself. The Lord expressed Himself to be

unable to save Durvasa Muni, although the Muni was so powerful that he could

reach the Lord directly under material conditions. But Durvasa Muni was

saved by Maharaja Ambarisa, a devotee of the Lord. Therefore, not only is a

devotee of the Lord more powerful than the Lord, but also worship of the

devotee is considered more effective than direct worship of the Lord

(mad-bhakta-pujabhyadhika).

Although both Uddhava and Maitreya were great souls, the Lord's attention

was more on Uddhava because he was a spotlessly pure devotee. A

jnana-bhakta, or one whose devotion is mixed with the monistic viewpoint, is

not a pure devotee. Although Maitreya was a devotee, his devotion was mixed.

The Lord reciprocates with His devotees on the basis of transcendental love

and not on the basis of philosophical knowledge or fruitive activities. In

the transcendental loving service of the Lord, there is no place for

monistic knowledge or fruitive activities.

 

Devotional service is such a powerful transcendental method that it

surpasses all other methods of transcendental realization. The Lord says,

therefore, that He lives neither in Vaikuntha nor in the heart of a yogi,

but He lives where His pure devotees are always chanting and glorifying Him.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is known as bhakta-vatsala. He is never

described as jnani-vatsala or yogi-vatsala. He is always described as

bhakta-vatsala because He is more inclined toward His devotees than toward

other transcendentalists. In Bhagavad-gita it is confirmed that only a

devotee can understand Him as He is. Bhaktya mam abhijanati: "One can

understand Me only by devotional service, not otherwise.

 

source Srila Prabhupada's books,

 

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