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  1. A devotee does not consider a dangerous position to be dangerous, for in such a dangerous position he can fervently pray to the Lord in great ecstasy. Thus a devotee regards danger as a good opportunity
  2. A devotee does not create enmity with anyone, but if someone becomes his enemy, that person will be vanquished by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, despite whatever benedictions he may have received from other sources
  3. A devotee does not desire anything in this material world. A devotee desires only to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This servitude exists eternally; the Lord exists eternally, His servitor exists eternally, and the service exists eternally
  4. A devotee does not eat extravagantly; he simply eats what he offers to the Supreme Lord, Krsna. He is interested in krsna-prasadam (food offered to the Lord) and not in satisfying his tongue. Therefore he does not desire anything extraordinary to eat
  5. A devotee does not enjoy anything or suffer anything, because a devotee does everything for Krsna. So therefore for his personal self, there is no question of karma-phala
  6. A devotee does not find fault with the behavior of the Lord in any circumstances
  7. A devotee does not give any importance to the ultimate goal of the karmis and jnanis
  8. A devotee does not go anywhere. He goes to Krsna only, even if he has got material desires. That is the advantage. This advantage: that if you go to Krsna for some material advantage even, then the day will come, you'll forget that material advantage
  9. A devotee does not have to desire material opulence, but if he is a pure devotee, there is ample opportunity for him to enjoy material happiness also, without personal endeavor
  10. A devotee does not have to exhibit such magical wonders (by manufacturing gold). Without practicing the mystic yogic process, he achieves even greater opulence all over the world
  11. A devotee does not have to try separately for renunciation or knowledge
  12. A devotee does not have to try separately to attain liberation
  13. A devotee does not hesitate to give up his own body for a better cause
  14. A devotee does not imagine something whimsical about the form of the Lord, nor does he ever think that the Lord is impersonal and can assume a form desired by the nondevotee
  15. A devotee does not indulge in unnecessary talks of politics or economics. Nor is a devotee very strict in following ritualistic rules and regulations mentioned in the Vedas. Becoming enamored of these rituals is the next impediment, called niyamagraha
  16. A devotee does not live alone. Of course, everyone lives with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but because the devotee is engaged in His service, he actually does not live in any material condition
  17. A devotee does not live either in hell or heaven, he lives in Vaikuntha always. He doesn't care for hell and heaven
  18. A devotee does not live on the material plane-he lives in Krsna. BG 1972 purports
  19. A devotee does not need to endeavor to transfer himself by yoga practice to other planets. Rather, the Supreme Lord, by His great mercy, comes at once, riding on His bird carrier Garuda, delivers the devotee from this material existence. BG 1972 purports
  20. A devotee does not need to make separate investigations to understand the nature of Brahman. Bhagavad-gita also confirms this. Brahma-bhuyaya kalpate: (BG 14.26) a devotee at once becomes a self-realized soul in the Absolute Truth
  21. A devotee does not need to practice astanga-yoga in order to transfer his soul to the spiritual planets. The responsibility is taken by the Supreme Lord Himself. He clearly states here that He Himself becomes the deliverer. BG 1972 purports
  22. A devotee does not need to practice the mystic yoga system to achieve power
  23. A devotee does not quarrel with anyone
  24. A devotee does not see anything except in its relationship with Krsna, and therefore his realization is the most perfect of all
  25. A devotee does not think anyone as enemy. Samah sarvesu bhutesu mad-bhaktim labhate param. Samah. He knows that "Nobody can become my enemy unless Krsna desires. So why shall I think of him as my enemy?
  26. A devotee does not think like yogis & jnanis, who want to refuse a material body & become one with the impersonal Brahman effulgence. A devotee does not like this idea. On the contrary, he will accept any body, material or spiritual, for he wants to serve
  27. A devotee does not think like yogis and jnanis, who want to refuse a material body and become one with the impersonal Brahman effulgence. A devotee does not like this idea
  28. A devotee does not try for liberation separately. As soon as he surrenders to Krsna or Krsna's representative, he is liberated
  29. A devotee does not want any kind of material opulence, but such opulence appears before him automatically. He does not have to endeavor for it. Because of his devotional service, he automatically becomes brahma-bhuta
  30. A devotee does not want even salvation. Why Lord Caitanya says: "birth after birth"? The salvationists, they want to stop; the voidists, they want to stop this material way of life
  31. A devotee does not want mystic powers or liberation or material prosperity. He is satisfied in any condition of life, as long as he is constantly engaged in the service of the Lord
  32. A devotee does not wish to accumulate a large bank balance: he simply earns as much as he requires. This is called yavad-artha or yuktahara
  33. A devotee does not worship Visnu or Lord Krsna for any benediction
  34. A devotee easily attains his original position as a spiritual form and understands the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His original form
  35. A devotee eats only prasada, or foodstuffs offered to the Supreme Lord
  36. A devotee eats only prasada, or foodstuffs offered to the Supreme Lord, and Krsna says that when a devotee offers Him foodstuffs from the vegetable kingdom, with devotion, He eats that
  37. A devotee either in danger or in happiness, constantly chants the Hare Krsna mantra
  38. A devotee engaged in chanting the holy name of the Lord should practice forbearance like that of a tree. Even if rebuked or chastised, he should not say anything to others to retaliate
  39. A devotee engaged in service to the Lord is not disappointed in the satisfaction of his senses. If he wants to satisfy his senses, Krsna fulfills that desire
  40. A devotee engaged in the service of Narayana is always in equilibrium. A devotee actually lives transcendentally
  41. A devotee engages in many activities, but he never forgets Krsna's transcendental form. This is the meaning of perfection
  42. A devotee even if he is sometimes found that he is attracted by sex life, that does not mean he is degraded. That is by chance
  43. A devotee even wishes to benefit cats and dogs by giving them prasada. Once, when devotees from Bengal were going to see Caitanya Mahaprabhu, a dog began to follow them, and the leader of the party, Sivananda Sena, was giving prasada to the dog
  44. A devotee falls to the ground, and the subsequent symptoms in the body ensue. These symptoms are mentioned above (CC Madhya 3.162 ), and when they become prominent in the body, a state called pralaya (devastation) is manifest
  45. A devotee feels afflicted without the association of the Lord. Constant remembrance of the Lord's activities keeps the devotee alive
  46. A devotee female said, "I have been so attracted by Your beauty that I wish that You accept me as Your conjugal lover"
  47. A devotee following the principles of bhagavata-dharma feels very much obligated to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  48. A devotee follows the principles of pancaratrika-vidhi as well as bhagavata-vidhi
  49. A devotee gives the nondevotees his association but is not affected by their misbehavior. Thus by the activities of a pure devotee even those who are bereft of love of Godhead get a chance to become devotees of the Lord one day
  50. A devotee gives up the entire mentality of enjoying and engages in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. That is his constitutional glorified position. At that time he is isvara, fully independent

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