How our Bhakti should be ?
Bhakti should be animitta – without motive. Actually, Krishna can fulfill all our wishes without difficulty because He is Almighty and full of all opulences. If we want material happiness from Krishna, it is certainly not difficult for Him to grant it. He can also give Mukti – liberation – but it is foolishness to ask anything from Krishna except Bhakti. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to say that asking God for mukti or anything else other than Bhakti is like going to a rich man and asking for ashes.
-- His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(In his lecture on Srimad Bhagavatham, 3.25.32.)
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