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The Nectar of Instruction
“ Uttamā bhakti , or unalloyed devotion unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, involves the rendering of devotional service in a way that is favorable to the Lord. This devotional service should be free from any extraneous motive and devoid of fruitive  karma , impersonal  jñāna  and all other selfish desires.”
Bhakti  is a sort of cultivation. As soon as we say “cultivation,” we must refer to activity. Cultivation of spirituality does not mean sitting down idly for meditation, as some pseudo- yogīs  teach. Such idle meditation may be good for those who have no information of devotional service, and for this reason it is sometimes recommended as a way to check distracting materialistic activities. Meditation means stopping all nonsensical activities, at least for the time being. Devotional service, however, not only puts an end to all nonsensical mundane activities, but also engages one in meaningful devotional activities. Śrī Prahlāda Mahārāja recommends:
śravaṇam kīrtanam viṣṇoḥ 
    smaraṇam pāda-sevanam 
    arcanam vandanam dāsyam 
    sakhyam ātma-nivedanam
The nine processes of devotional service are as follows:
hearing the name and glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead 
 chanting His glories 
 remembering the Lord