Devotional service The basic principle of devotional service is detachment from material activities and attachment to the transcendental service of the Lord. ( Bhagavad-gita 15.1 purport) Devotional service means mukti , freedom from material entanglement ( Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.11.4 purport)

By absorbing our senses in activities centred around Krishna, we cultivate attachment to Krishna , which will gradually develop into love, and all our attachment to material activities will be forgotten.

Further reading: Srimad-Bhagavatam 9.4.18-20 or Bhagavad-gita 2.61 purport

Two main branches of devotional service

pancaratrika-vidhi:
devotional service focused on or centred around Deity worship.

bhagavata-vidhi:
centred around hearing and chanting the holy name and preaching

Find out about “Hearing and Chanting”