Devotees of God
The devotees of God are those who dedicate their lives to loving and serving the Supreme Lord with devotion. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that devotees come from all backgrounds and stages of spiritual advancement, yet they are united by their desire to please God through hearing, chanting, remembering, worshiping, and selfless service.
This collection organizes his teachings about the qualities, activities, relationships, instructions, challenges, and exemplary lives of God's devotees, illustrating the path of bhakti-yoga and the transformative power of pure devotional service.
Nature and Characteristics of God's Devotees
Nature and Characteristics of God's Devotees
- About Devotees of God
- Activities of Devotees of God
- Association with Devotees of God
- Attributes Needed for Devotees of God
- Becoming a Devotee of God
- Benefits for Devotees of God
- By Devotees of God
- Challenges for Devotees of God
- Characteristics of Devotees of God
- Devotees - Different Kinds Of
- Devotee of God Do Not Care
- Devotees and Devotional Service to God
- Devotees of God Always...
- Devotees of God and Offenses
- Devotees of God and Spiritual
- Devotees of God Are Never...
- Devotees of God Are Not...
- Devotees of God Are...
- Devotees of God Become...
- Devotees of God Can Never...
- Devotees of God Can...
- Devotees of God Cannot...
- Devotees of God Do Not...
- Devotees of God Have No...
- Devotees of God Have To...
- Devotees of God Have...
- Devotees of God Help Others to Come to God
- Devotees of God Know...
- Devotees of God May Be...
- Devotees of God Must Be...
- Devotees of God Must...
- Devotees of God Need Not...
- Devotees of God Never...
- Devotees of God See...
- Devotees of God Should Be...
- Devotees of God Should Never...
- Devotees of God Should Not...
- Devotees of God Should...
- Devotees of God Sometimes...
- Devotees of God Want...
- Devotees of God Who...
- Devotees of God Will...
- Devotional Service to Devotees of God
- Emotions of Devotees of God
- For Devotees of God
- God and His Devotees
- If Devotees of God...
- Impediments for Devotees of God
- Interpersonal Relationships for Devotees of God
- Liberation and Devotees of God
- Nondevotees of God
- Of A Devotee of God
- Position of a Devotee of God
- Pure Devotees of God
- Sanskrit Terms for Devotees of God
- Seeing Devotees of God
- Three Classes of Devotees of God
- To Devotees of God
- When Devotees of God...
- With Devotees of God
Definitions, Types, and Positions
Definitions, Types, and Positions
- A Devotee of God Means
- A Devotee of God Is As Good As God
- Definition of a Devotee of God
- All Devotees of God
- All Kinds of Devotees of God
- Categories of Devotees of God
- Class of Devotees of God
- Advanced Devotees of God
- An Advanced Devotee is A Maha-bhagavata Devotee of God
- An Uttama-adhikari Devotee of God Has a Completely Clean Heart
- An Uttama-adhikari Devotee of God Has Attained the Realized State of Unalloyed Krsna Consciousness
- A Nitya-siddha Devotee Comes from Vaikuntha Upon The Order of God
- A Pure Devotee Always Thinks Himself Unfit to Serve Krsna
- A Devotee Without Purpose is a Pure Devotee of God
- A Vaisnava Is a Self-realized, Learned Brahmana
- All the Queens of Krsna Who Lived in Dvaraka Were in Their Previous Lives Very Greatly Exalted Devotees of God
- Adityas Are Devotees of God
- African Devotees of God
- Akama Devotees of God
- Akama-bhakta - Devotees of God
- Akincana - Devotees of God
- American Devotees of God
- Assistant Devotees of God
- Atheist Devotees of God
- Atmanandi - Devotees of God
- Authoritative Devotees of God
- Authorized Devotees of God
- Babaji - Devotees of God
- Bachelor-devotees of God
- Beginner Devotees of God
- Beloved Devotees of God
- Best Devotees of God
- Bhagavata - Devotees of God
- Bhagavatam Devotees of God
- Bhajananandi - Devotees of God
- Bhakta - Devotees of God
- Bhakta-avatara - Devotees of God
- Bhaktabhasa - Devotees of God
- Black Devotees of God
- Blessed Devotees of God
- Blind Devotees of God
- Bona Fide Devotees of God
- Born Devotees of God
- Brahmacari Devotees of God
- Brahmana Devotees of God
- Brahmana-Vaisnava - Devotees of God
- Candala Devotees of God
- Casual Devotees of God
- Celebrated Devotees of God
- Cent Percent Devotees of God
- Certain Section of Devotees of God
- Chaste Devotees of God
- Cheap Devotees of God
- Chief Devotees of God
- Child Devotees of God
- Chinese Devotees of God
- Chivalrous Devotees of God
- Competent Devotees of God
- Complete Devotees of God
- Confidential Devotees of God
- Confidential-servitor Devotees of God
- Conjugal Lover Devotees of God
- Contemporary Devotees of God
- Contaminated Devotees of God
- Covered Devotees of God
- Dear Devotees of God
- Dearmost Devotees of God
- Deserving Devotees of God
- Desireless Devotees of God
- Devotee Incarnation of God
- Constitutional Position of a Devotee of God
- A Devotee of God's Position is Called Transcendental Bliss in Separation
- Designations of a Devotee of God
Advancement and Association
Advancement and Association
- Becoming a Pure Devotee of God
- Advancement in the Association of Devotees of God
- Advancement of a Devotee of God
- A Moment's Association with Devotees of God
- Always Keeping Association of Devotees of God
- Always Staying in the Association of Devotees of God
- By the Slight Association of Devotees of God One Can be Freed from the Clutches of Maya
- Achieving Individual Strength in the Association of Devotees of God
- Achieving the Association of Pure Devotees of God
- Acting for Krsna in the Association of Devotees of God
- Advised to Associate with Devotees of God
- Associating with Devotees of God By Chance
- Associating with Devotees of God for Spiritual Advancement
- Associating with Devotees of God More Advanced than Oneself
- Associating with Devotees of God Who Have Cleansed Their Heart
- Associating with Devotees Who Have a Similar Type of Affection for God
- Associating with Maha-bhagavata Devotees of God is Most Desirable
- Associating with Perfect Devotees of God is Most Desirable
- Association of Advanced Devotees of God
- Association of Devotees Helps One Develop Factual Devotional Service to God
- Association of Devotees of God
- Association of Pure Devotees of God
- Association of Uttama-adhikari Devotees of God Should Always Be Sought
- Association with Devotees Awaken Our Inquisitiveness about God
- Attraction for the Association of Devotees of God
- Becoming a Devotee by Association of Devotees of God
- Becoming a Devotee of a Devotee of God
- By Associating with Devotees of God One Comes to the Understanding of Krsna Consciousness
- Coming in Contact with Devotees of God
- Coming in Touch with Devotees of God
- Constant Association of Devotees of God
- Desiring Association with Devotees of God
Activities, Duties and Dealings
Activities, Duties and Dealings
- Activities of a Devotee of God
- A Devotee of God's Business is for the Benefit of All Living Entities
- A Devotee's Business is to Earn the Favor of God
- A Devotee's Service to God is Never Hampered
- Accepting the Instructions of Great Devotees of God
- Accepting the Pure Devotee of God as One's Spiritual Master
- Acting As God's Servants
- Activities of Pure Devotee Are Executed on Behalf of God
- Advanced Devotees Are Supposed to Donate 50 Percent of Their Income on the Service of God and His Devotees
- Advanced Devotees of God Duty is to Accept Whatever is Favorable for the Advancement of Krsna Consciousness
- Business of a Devotee of God
- By Serving Devotee One Can Achieve Unalloyed Devotional Service unto the Lotus Feet of God
- Chanting a Prescribed Number of Rounds Elevates One to an Uttama-adhikari Devotee of God
- Chanting the Holy Name a Fixed Number of Times Daily is Essential for Every Devotee of God
- Conduct of a Devotee of God
- Customs of a Devotee of God
- Dealings of a Devotee of God
- Dealings with Devotees of God
- Dedication of a Devotee of God
- Devotees Always Take Pleasure in Worshiping God
- Devotees Fulfill Their Desires by Serving God
- Devotees Fully Surrender Unto God's Lotus Feet
Realizations, Moods and Dispositions
Realizations, Moods and Dispositions
- Bodily Hues of a Devotee of God
- Bodily Luster of a Devotee of God
- Body of a Devotee of God
- A Completely Dependent Devotee of God Chants the Holy Name of God All Day
- A Devotee of God Never Thinks
- A Pure Devotee's Mind Is Always Engaged in the Service of God
- Advanced Devotees Like Prahlada Maharaja Sees Everything As One - Krsna
- Advanced Devotees of God Are Always Very Humble
- Advanced Devotees See at Every Moment God's Presence
- Aims of a Devotee of God
- Alertness of a Devotee of God
- All Desires of a Devotee of God Are in Relationship with God
- Although Pure Devotees of God May Seem to Think or Act Otherwise, They Are Always Thinking of Krsna
- Ambitions of a Devotee of God
- Anger of a Devotee of God
- Anxieties of a Devotee of God
- Anxious Devotees of God
- Aspirations of a Devotee of God
- Attitude of a Devotee of God
- Bashfulness of a Devotee of God
- Belief of a Devotee of God
- Bliss of a Devotee of God
- Blissful Life of a Devotee of God
- Boldness of a Devotee of God
- Bravery of a Devotee of God
- Calmness of a Devotee of God
- Carefulness of a Devotee of God
- Cautiousness of a Devotee of God
- Compassion of a Devotee of God
- Concentration of a Devotee of God
- Conceptions of a Devotee of God
- Concern of a Devotee of God
- Conclusions of a Devotee of God
- Confidence of a Devotee of God
- Confusion of a Devotee of God
- Consciousness of a Devotee of God
- Considerations of a Devotee of God
- Constancy of a Devotee of God
- Contemplation of a Devotee of God
- Convictions of a Devotee of God
- Cool-headed Devotees of God
- Courage of a Devotee of God
- Crying of a Devotee of God
- Curiosity of a Devotee of God
- Dependence of a Devotee of God
- Desires of a Devotee of God
- Detachment of a Devotee of God
- Determination of a Devotee of God
Perceptions, Experiences and Relationships
Perceptions, Experiences and Relationships
- A Devotee of God Attains the Audience of Krsna
- An Observer Immediately Remembers the Holy Name of Krsna Upon Seeing a First-class Devotee of God
- An Uttama-adhikari Devotee of God Does Not Discriminate Between an Atheist and a Theist
- An Uttama-adhikari Devotee Sees Everyone as Part and Parcel of God
- An Uttama-adhikari Devotee Sees Everything in Relation to God
- Appearance of a Devotee of God
- Appreciation of a Devotee of God
- Arrival of a Devotee of God
- Bodily Features of a Devotee of God
- Devotees Are Able to Understand Very Happily God's Name, Fame, Form, Activities, etc
- Devotees Are Attracted by the Pastimes of God
- Devotees Can Always Think of God Constantly and Address Him Very Feelingly
- Devotees Can See God Wherever They Look
- Devotees of God Know
- Devotees of God See
- Devotees of God See All Living Entities As Eternal Servants of God
- Devotees of God See Every Condition as Favorable
- Devotees of God See Everyone on the Same Transcendental Platform
Blessings, Benefits and Ultimate Destinations
Blessings, Benefits and Ultimate Destinations
- A Devotee's Path to the Spiritual Kingdom
- A Fallen Devotee
- A Nitya-siddha Devotee
- A Person Who is Free from All Sinful Contamination, Can Become a Pure Devotee of God
- A Single Pure Devotee of God Can Deliver All the Fallen Souls of the World
- Devotees of God Do Not Return to this Material World
- Devotees of God Go to God's Planet
- After Death, Devotees of God Are at Once Transferred to the Spiritual World
- After Death, Devotees of God Go to Goloka Vrndavana
- After Finishing Their Mission, Pure Devotees of God Return Home, Back to Vrndavana, Back to Godhead
- After Leaving Their Body, Devotees Will Be Allowed to Enter the Spiritual Planets of Vaikunthaloka or Krsnaloka
- All Material Conveniences Are Awaiting the Pure Devotees of God
- Anyone Who Will Become a Devotee of Krsna, Will Never be Troubled by Enemies
- At The End Devotees of God Attain God
- At The Time of Death God Does Not Forget His Devotees
- Attaining Perfection of Life by Associating with Devotees of God
- Benedictions for Devotees of God
- Benedictions of a Devotee of God
- Blessings of a Devotee of God
- By Becoming a Pure Devotee of God One Can Create Vrndavana Anywhere
- By Serving Exalted Devotees of God One Can Become Liberated
- Devotees Are Trying to Go Back to Home, Back to Godhead
- Devotees Go Back to Godhead
- Devotees of God Are Liberated in Both This Life and The Next
Challenges, Offenses and False Devotees
Challenges, Offenses and False Devotees
- A False Acarya May Try To Override a Devotee By a High-court Decision
- A Nondevotee Father Becomes an Enemy of a Devotee Son
- Accidental Sins Committed by Devotees of God Are Sincerely Regretted
- Accusing Devotees of God
- Accusing Devotees of God of Following the Principle of Escapism
- Adulterated Devotees of God
- Advertising Oneself As Devotees of God by Outward Dress
- Against Devotees of God
- Aggression of a Devotee of God
- Ailments of a Devotee of God
- An Offense at the Lotus Feet of a Devotee of God is Very Serious
- Arguementitiveness of a Devotee of God
- Arguments Between Devotees and Nondevotees of God
- Arresting Devotees of God
- Arresting God's Servants
- Artificially Advanced Devotees of God
- Attacking Devotees of God
- Avaisnava
- Avoidance of a Devotee of God
- Bad Association Can Be Avoided Only in the Association of Devotees of God
- Because of an Accidental Fall Down a Devotee of God Should Not Be Derided
- Becoming the Enemy of a Devotee of God
- Bewildered Devotees of God
- Blaspheming Devotees of God
- By Imitating Advanced Devotees of God One Will Eventually Become Degraded
- Caitanya's Warning to All Devotees of God
- Claiming To Be a Devotee of God for False Prestige is a Demoniac Activity
- Claiming To Be a Devotee of God Without Performing Devotional Service to God
- Committing Nonsense and Thinking I Am Still a Devotee of God
- Condemned by Devotees of God
- Condemning Devotees of God
- Consequences of Not Taking Shelter of Pure Devotees of God
- Considering Devotees of God as Sentimental Fools
- Considering the Bodily Defects of Devotees of God is an Offense
Preaching, Welfare and Compassion
Preaching, Welfare and Compassion
- Able to Convert Others to Become Devotees of God
- Advanced Devotees of God Speak to the Innocent for Their Enlightenment
- A Devotee of God Sometimes Needs Some Material Possessions for Preaching
- A Devotee of God's Business is for the Benefit of All Living Entities
- A Single Pure Devotee of God Can Deliver All the Fallen Souls of the World
- All Pure Devotees of God Come to this Material World with Full Compassion to Deliver the Sinful
- Devotees of God Are Always Anxious for the Spiritual Improvement of the General Public
- Devotees of God Are Always Compassionate Toward Sinful Persons
- Devotees of God Are Always Eager to Render Welfare Service to the People in General
- Devotees of God Are Benefactors to All Living Entities
- Devotees of God Are Busy Preaching Krsna Consciousness Throughout the World
- Devotees of God Are Concerned Only with Rescuing the Fallen Souls from this Material World
- Devotees of God Are Real Friends of People in General
Detachment, Renunciation and The Material World
Detachment, Renunciation and The Material World
- Absolute Transcendental Variegatedness is Meant Only for Devotees of God
- Advanced Devotees of God Avoid Speaking with Persons Who Are Not in Devotional Life
- After Attaining Full Krsna Consciousness the Devotees of God Do Not Return to this Material World After Death
- All Activities Except Those of the Devotees of God are a Waste of Time and Energy
- All Activities Except Those of the Devotees of God end in Bafflement
- Devotees of God Are Above Competition in Sense Gratification
- Devotees of God Are Above Material Goodness and Badness
- Devotees of God Are Always Above Material Conditioning
- Devotees of God Are Always in a Renounced Temperament
- Devotees of God Are Completely Devoid of Material Desires
- Devotees of God Are Detached from Activities Which Are Not Connected to Krsna Consciousness
- Devotees of God Are Indifferent to Material Things
- Devotees of God Do Not Care a Fig for any Material Planets
Equality, Humility and Tolerance
Equality, Humility and Tolerance
- Advanced Devotees of God Are Always Very Humble
- Advanced Devotees of God Do Not Think Themselves as Advanced
- Advanced Devotees of God Never Disrespect Another Devotee
- Devotees of God Are Always Calm, Quiet and Patient, Despite Many Distressful Conditions
- Devotees of God Are Always Humble
- Devotees of God Are Always Respectful to Everyone
- Devotees of God Are Always Very Much Tolerant of Other People
- Devotees of God Are Equal to Everyone
- Devotees of God Are Equally Disposed to Everyone
- Devotees of God Are Humble and Meek and Always Steady
- Devotees of God Are Naturally So Humble and Meek that They Accept Any Condition of Life as a Blessing from God
- Devotees of God Are Reluctant to Pick a Quarrel with Anyone
Knowledge, Mysticism and Power
Knowledge, Mysticism and Power
- A Vaisnava Is a Self-realized, Learned Brahmana
- Advanced Devotees of God Situated on the Platform of Spontaneity Are Already Very Expert in Sastric Instruction, Logic and Argument
- Because Devotees Are Enlightened by God, Their Knowledge is Certainly Perfect
- Confidential Knowledge Can Be Understood Only by Pure Devotees of God
- Devotees of God Are Able Authorities
- Devotees of God Are Able to Inject the Transcendental Sound into the Depths of the Bewildered Heart
- Devotees of God Are Always Electrified by the Inconceivable Potencies of God
- Devotees of God Are Completely Perfect Mystics
- Devotees of God Are Expert in All Things
- Devotees of God Are Highly Intelligent in Spiritual Life
- Devotees of God Are the Best Yogis
- Devotees of God Are the Emblem of All Knowledge
- Devotees of God Automatically Have All Mystic Power
Demigods and Nondevotees of God
Demigods and Nondevotees of God
- A Class of Nondevotees of God Are Against the Supremacy of Krsna
- A Class of Nondevotees of God Are Too Materialistic
- Adored by Nondevotees of God
- Among the Nondevotees of God
- Association of Nondevotees of God
- Avoiding the Association of Nondevotees of God
- Classes of Nondevotees of God
- Demigods Are Also Devotees of God
- Demigods Are Anxious to Offer Prayers to Pure Devotees of God
- Demigods are Pleased with Devotees of God
- Demigods Help Devotees of God in All Respects
- Devotees of God Are Not So Foolish that They Consider Demigods Independent of God
- Devotees of God Do Not Disrespect Demigods
Worship, Diet and Practical Life
Worship, Diet and Practical Life
- Accept Prasada As The Lord's Grace Received Through the Pure Devotees of God
- Accepting Food from Devotees of God
- Devotees Carry the Deities of God
- Devotees Come to See the Deity of Krsna
- Devotees Directly Worship God in His Arca Incarnation
- Devotees Do Not Eat Anything Without Offering it First to God
- Devotees of God Are Always Fixed in Accepting Prasadam Offered to God
- Devotees of God Are Not Allowed to Take Any Food Offered to the Demigods
- Devotees of God Are Vegetarians
- Devotees of God Eat Food Which is Offered First for Sacrifice
- Devotees of God Eat Only Foodstuffs Offered to God
- Devotees of God Eat Only Prasadam
- Devotees of God Engaging in Deity Worship
- Activities in Devotional Service to God Under Regulative Principles Must Be Followed By Pure Devotees
- Devotees of God Must Follow Regulative Principles
- As Long As One Is Not Trained in Purifying the Senses, One Cannot Become a Devotee of God
- Becoming a Devotee of God by Following the Regulative Principles
- Celibacy of a Devotee of God
- Becoming a Devotee of God, at the Same Time Smoking - This is Ludicrous
More About the Devotees of God
More About the Devotees of God
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