The test of bhakti

Bhakti means when he realizes, God realization, then naturally he becomes unattached to material activities. That is the test. Not that simply by having tilaka or kanthi, one becomes a devotee. How much he is detached to the material attraction, that is the test. That is the test. Vasudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogah prayojitah janayaty asu vairagyam [SB 1.2.7]. If he has no vairagya, if he is still attached to material things, his devotion is not yet…

From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.7 — November 13, 1973, Delhi

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