# Pious activities **[[cc/adi/3/79#translation|Ādi 3.79]]**, **[[cc/adi/8/17#translation|Ādi 8.17]]**, [[cc/adi/8/24#purport|Ādi 8.24]], [[cc/madhya/5/22#purport|Madhya 5.22]], **[[cc/madhya/8/70#translation|Madhya 8.70]]**, **[[cc/madhya/8/75#translation|Madhya 8.75]]**, [[cc/madhya/9/49#purport|Madhya 9.49]], [[cc/madhya/9/263#purport|Madhya 9.263]], [[cc/madhya/22/45#purport|Madhya 22.45]], [[cc/madhya/22/51#purport|Madhya 22.51]], [[cc/madhya/23/109#purport|Madhya 23.109]], [[cc/madhya/23/116#purport|Madhya 23.116]], [[sb/2/4/17#purport|SB 2.4.17]] * as Lord’s front, [[sb/4/24/60#purport|SB 4.24.60]] * as temporary, [[sb/5/14/41#purport|SB 5.14.41]] * as worship to Lord for gain, [[sb/4/8/23#purport|SB 4.8.23]] * birth according to, [[sb/4/21/27#purport|SB 4.21.27]] * bondage via, [[sb/5/5/5#purport|SB 5.5.5]], [[sb/5/11/4#purport|SB 5.11.4]] * deities of planets receive posts via, [[sb/5/23/3#purport|SB 5.23.3]] * destiny via, [[sb/4/6/45-45#purport|SB 4.6.45-45]] * devotee free from reaction to, [[sb/4/21/11#purport|SB 4.21.11]] * devotees beyond, [[sb/4/7/35#purport|SB 4.7.35]] * devotional service opposed by, [[sb/5/11/4#purport|SB 5.11.4]] * devotional service preceded by, [[sb/10/13/8#purport|SB 10.13.8]], [[sb/10/13/49#purport|SB 10.13.49]], [[sb/10/13/58#purport|SB 10.13.58]] * devotional service via, [[sb/4/21/27#purport|SB 4.21.27]], [[sb/4/22/7#purport|SB 4.22.7]] * Dhruva exemplary in, [[sb/4/8/8#purport|SB 4.8.8]] * diminished via happiness, [[sb/4/8/33#purport|SB 4.8.33]] * elevation via, [[sb/4/22/36#purport|SB 4.22.36]] * enjoyed in eight earthly varṣas, [[sb/5/17/11#purport|SB 5.17.11]] * hearing about Lord as, [[sb/4/22/22-22#purport|SB 4.22.22-22]] * heavenly elevation exhausts, [[sb/4/9/10#purport|SB 4.9.10]] * heavenly life via, [[sb/5/17/11#purport|SB 5.17.11]], [[sb/5/26/2#purport|SB 5.26.2]], [[sb/5/26/2#purport|SB 5.26.2]] * impious activities compared with, [[sb/4/12/13#purport|SB 4.12.13]] * in mode of goodness, [[bg/14/16|Bg. 14.16]] * Kṛṣṇa consciousness beyond, [[sb/4/7/35#purport|SB 4.7.35]] * Lord approached via, [[sb/10/8/46#purport|SB 10.8.46]] * Lord’s association via, [[sb/4/24/40#purport|SB 4.24.40]] * Maitreya desired to describe, [[sb/4/8/8#purport|SB 4.8.8]] * material facilities attained via, [[sb/5/14/11#purport|SB 5.14.11]] * need to transcend, [[sb/4/8/33#purport|SB 4.8.33]] * of citizens shared by good king, [[sb/4/20/14-14#purport|SB 4.20.14-14]] * of cowherd boys in past lives, [[sb/10/12/7-11#purport|SB 10.12.7-11]] * of God, [[sb/10/12/43#purport|SB 10.12.43]] * of Manu’s descendants, [[sb/4/8/6#purport|SB 4.8.6]] * of Vṛndāvana’s residents in past lives, [[sb/10/12/12#purport|SB 10.12.12]] * perfection via, [[sb/10/8/48#purport|SB 10.8.48]] * pure devotees’association via, [[sb/5/19/20#purport|SB 5.19.20]] * results of * results of, as temporary, [[bg/2/8|Bg. 2.8]] * unintentional, [[sb/4/21/27#purport|SB 4.21.27]], [[sb/4/22/7#purport|SB 4.22.7]] * Vedic injunctions on, [[sb/10/7/32#purport|SB 10.7.32]] * Vedic instruction &, [[sb/5/11/2#purport|SB 5.11.2]] * via hearing causes of devastation, [[sb/4/8/5#purport|SB 4.8.5]] *See also:* [Piety](entries/piety.md); Philanthropic activities; Welfare work; Welfare activities