Category:Without Desire for Material Profit
Theme Analysis
The compiled quotes on the concept of being Without Desire for Material Profit center almost exclusively on the standard definition of pure devotional service (uttama-bhakti) as given by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Śrīla Prabhupāda repeatedly emphasizes that true bhakti must be free from the covering of karma (fruitive activities for gain) and jñāna (philosophical speculation for liberation). The essence of this category is the instruction that service to Kṛṣṇa must be rendered favorably and without any motive for personal aggrandizement. When the devotee operates on this platform, devoid of selfishness, the Supreme Lord becomes conquered by that affection, and the devotee achieves a position superior even to salvation (siddhi).
- The Definition of Pure Bhakti: The foundational principle is that service must be executed favorably for Kṛṣṇa, completely stripped of any desire for material accumulation or speculative knowledge.
- Conquering the Lord: While God is great and unconquerable, He voluntarily submits to a devotee who serves Him without any expectation of return or profit.
- Superiority to Salvation: Engaging the senses in the service of the Lord without selfish motives is described as a spiritual achievement far superior to the liberation sought by mystics and philosophers.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Pure Devotional Service Without Desire for Material Profit.
Pages in category "Without Desire for Material Profit"
The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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- One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Krsna favorably & without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service
- One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Krsna favorably & without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service - BRS 1.1.11
- One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Krsna favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service
- One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Krsna favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service - BRS 1.1.11
- One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Krsna favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service - CC Madhya 19.167
- One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Krsna favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service. BG 1972 purports
- One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Krsna favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure DS
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- The Lord is by nature very merciful, and when He sees that His servant is working without desires for material profit, naturally He is conquered
- This is the process of bhakti-yoga. "One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Krsna favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure DS"
- To execute unadulterated devotional service, therefore, one must follow the rules and regulations of devotional service without desire to gain material profit by fruitive activities or mental speculation