Free from Material Desire - an essential subject

When the distressed, the inquisitive, the seekers of knowledge, and those who are in need of money are free from all material desires, and when they fully understand that material remuneration has nothing to do with spiritual improvement, they become pure devotees. As long as such a purified stage is not attained, devotees in transcendental service to the Lord are tainted with fruitive activities, the search for mundane knowledge, etc. So one has to transcend all this before one can come to the stage of pure devotional service. Only those who are freed from all material contaminations surrender unto the Supreme Lord and engage in His devotional service.

Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes Free from Material Desire category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following 10 quotes.

Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's books











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