What is the difference between goodness and pure goodness?

From Jagat Singh P
could you please explain the difference between the goodness and transcendental goodness.srila prabhupada often differentiates between this,what exactly is transcendental and material goodness. is simply being materially good, not enough for progress in the life.

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thank you hare krishna question what is the difference between goodness and pure goodness isn’t goodness enough for living in this world properly answer the shrimad bhagavatam states that that existence that goodness which is Vishuddham completely pure that is that is known as vasudeva the vasudeva state of existence is the transcendental state of existence beyond the material modes so krishna talks about goodness in quite a favourable positive light when he says that he says all the senses are illumined by knowledge and in the when the mode of goodness is prominent and yet he says that this is 14.11 but even before this he has stated that that sattva also binds and how does it bind he says that that so it binds one by happiness and one binds by jnana so when describing the three modes of material nature this is 14.6 krishna described that it is relatively purer than other modes and what are its characteristics so because it is it is illuminating therefore one gets gets knowledge and a sense of being more learned than others that binds one thinking that i will be comfortable in my true existence because i’m so much clever so clever i’m cleverer than others these people are foolish i’m clever a sense of pride comes along and then means they’re not many sins over there and because they’re not many sins one is relatively free from sin so not very simple reactions also and that’s why one gets relatively peaceful happily so that’s one actually gets bound by the sense of happiness so one feels that okay life is happy what is the need to get out of this life things are fine the way they are right now so that’s why we need to go beyond goodness also and krishna is very clear that towards the end of the 14th chapter he says that by mode of goodness we’ll go up but only by transcendence we’ll get out we’ll get out of existence so living in goodness is good it’s definitely better than living in passion and ignorance which is the way most people in society today are living and from the ultimate eschatological perspective from the perspective of our ultimate destination we will get elevated to a better material existence either in this world or the next world but we’ll continue on the cycle of birth and death and after that we will be born again in this world and continue on the cycle of birth and death on the other hand if we come to pure goodness then we will transcend material existence so now what does it mean practically as devotees we are expected normally while we are living in this world we have we should be moral we should be principled we should be composed and overall we live lives in goodness overall Bhaktivinoda Thakur talks about how devotees should learn Jainism, Shri Amrit and there also he describes quite a bit about how the devoted lifestyle the qualities he describes are very similar to the qualities described in good described over and good talked about in goodness so essentially goodness is good at the same time goodness for devotees is the is the tool to live in this world it is not their existential mode that means that we use goodness because it is the most favorable among the modes for serving Krishna for living in a way that is harmonious in this world but sometimes devotees may require passion also when there are lots of things to get done some devotees and there are big festivals to be managed there are big projects to be done at that time some passion is required and that is not wrong to use passion in the service of Krishna so the point is that devotees are in goodness but they’re not attached to goodness they can even use passion in Krishna’s service and more importantly devotees are not attached to goodness in the sense that devotees are attached to Krishna so a devotee will do whatever is required to please Krishna even if sometimes that means sacrificing goodness for the sake of Krishna so is so in practical terms we try to live regulated lives but we don’t become attached to regulation we stay attached to Krishna now becoming attached to regulation will become and that will keep us sticking to the letter of the law without understanding the spirit and often compromising on its spirit so to avoid that we need to come to the mode of pure goodness and that will take time till we come to the mode of pure goodness it is good to stay in goodness and to practice bhakti to stay in goodness and practice bhakti accordingly so essentially the difference is in motivation a devotee’s desire is simply to love and serve and please krishna so so varanashram is there so the whole purpose of everybody varanashram is to satisfy so everything the devotees do that is for satisfying the lord so person in goodness is attached to goodness and wants to work according to his or her likes and goodness but a devotee is attached to krishna and works to please krishna and uses the mode of goodness for acting in the world in a way that will be conducive to krishna’s service so the essential difference between a devotee lifestyle and a devotee’s way of living and a person goodness mode of living is firstly in terms of internal motivation and the devotee is concerned about pleasing krishna primarily and doing what is best for the service of krishna and secondly it is in external terms occasionally a devotee will be ready to sacrifice passion for the sake of sacrifice goodness for the sake of krishna whenever it is required thank you