The material forms, of dense and ethereal matter, are due only to the ignorance of the conditioned soul, and as soon as the being abandons himself to the loving service of the Lord, he obtains immediately to be freed from this bondage.

Devotional service corresponds to a purely spiritual attraction to the Supreme Being, who is the source of all pleasure. Everyone aspires to some form of pleasure, but ignores its original and supreme source.

God, the Supreme Person, is this infinite fountain of all pleasure. Whoever is fortunate enough to obtain this information through sacred texts becomes forever liberated, and regains his natural and original position in the kingdom of God.

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Only devotional service allows us to approach God, to see him face to face and to remain with him.

If we want to escape the cycle of repeated deaths and rebirths, break the chains that hold us prisoners of matter and put an end to various sufferings inherent in the material universe, we must engage in the service of the Lord, with love. Only the service of love and devotion that we offer to Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, will allow us to enter the kingdom of the Lord.

The Eternal Supreme said: “This is only through devotional service, and only thus can one know Me as I am. And the being who, through such devotion, becomes fully aware of My Person, can then enter My absolute kingdom”.

“Because constantly absorbed in devotional service, the one who always remembers Me, without deviation, Reaches Me without difficulty”.

“When they have reached Me, the spiritualists imbued with devotion, these noble souls, having thus raised themselves to the highest perfection, never again return in this world transitory, where there is suffering”.

Lord Krishna is Absolute Truth, and devotion to His Person, manifested in pure love, takes its source in the chanting of His Holy Name, the very essence of felicity. The true devotee of God, who loves and is faithful to him, has no personal desire. He alone knows true peace, which never attains those who strive for personal gain. The holy being, entirely devoted to the Supreme Lord, has only one desire: to satisfy Him; therefore he can easily reach it, as the Lord Himself promised him. The virtuous saint, who can offer his service to the Lord in one or other of its absolute forms, does not