constantly committed to worshiping Me through a service of love and devotion as I have described it, his heart becomes firmly located in Me. Thus, all material desires in the heart are destroyed.

The knot in the heart is pierced, all apprehensions are cut to pieces, and the chain of fruitful actions ends when I am considered the Supreme Person. Therefore, for a devotee engaged in My loving service, with a mind set on Me, the cultivation of knowledge and renunciation is generally not the means to attain the highest perfection in this world. Anything that can be accomplished through fruitful activities, penance, knowledge, detachment, mystical yoga, charity, religious duties and all other means of perfecting life is easily achieved by My devotee through loving service to me. If in any way My devotee desires promotion to heaven, liberation, or abode in My abode, he easily obtains such blessings. Because My devotees possess holy demeanor and deep intelligence, they devote themselves completely to Me and desire nothing other than Me. Indeed, even if I offer them liberation from rebirth and death, they do not accept it [because the devotee has only one desire, to serve the Lord with love and devotion].

We say that complete detachment is the highest degree of freedom. Therefore, one who has no personal desires and does not seek personal rewards can offer Me a service of love and devotion. Material godliness and sin, which flow from the good and evil of this world, cannot exist within My faithful devotees, who, being free from all material desire, maintain a stable spiritual consciousness under all circumstances. Indeed, these devotees have reached Me, I the Supreme Lord, who surpasses all that can be conceived of by material intelligence. Those who seriously follow the methods of reaching Me, which I have personally taught, free themselves from delusion, and by reaching My personal abode they fully understand Absolute Truth.

Devotional service has power to conquer the Lord.

The devotional service, which I like to call the service of love and devotion offered to Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, because it is the manifestation of love for God in his state the purest, without the slightest tinge of self-serving action or philosophical speculation. It is the final step, which is surrender to the Supreme Lord, Krishna.

Devotional service possesses such power that one who surrenders fully to Krishna and devotes himself entirely to his loving service, sees the chain of consequences of his sinful life immediately cut off.

The Lord insists that we abandon all other forms of occupation and surrender to Him, after which He promises: “I will free you from the consequences of your sins and grant you freedom”.