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\u201cA yogi is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist, and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a yogi.\u201d (Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 6.46) There are different gradations of life within this material world, but if one lives according to the yogic principle, especially the principles of bhakti-yoga, one is living the most perfect life possible. Therefore K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is telling Arjuna, \u201cMy dear friend Arjuna, in all circumstances be a yogi and remain a yogi.\u201d\n\nyogin\u0101m api sarve\u1e63\u0101\u1e41\nmad-gaten\u0101ntar\u0101tman\u0101\n\u015braddh\u0101v\u0101n bhajate yo m\u0101\u1e41\nsa me yuktatamo mata\u1e25\n\u201cAnd of all yogis, the one with great faith who always abides in Me, thinks of Me within himself, and renders transcendental loving service to Me \u2013 He is the most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all. That is My opinion.\u201d (Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 6.47) Here it is clearly stated that there are many types of yogis \u2013 a\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e45ga-yog\u012bs, ha\u1e6dha-yog\u012bs, j\xf1\u0101na-yog\u012bs, karma-yog\u012bs, and bhakti-yog\u012bs \u2013 and that of all the yogis, \u201che who always abides in Me\u201d is said to be the greatest of all. \u201cIn Me\u201d means in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a; that is, the greatest yogi is always in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. Such a yogi \u201cabides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga, and is the highest of all.\u201d This is the prime instruction of this sixth chapter on s\u0101\u1e45khya-yoga: if one wants to attain the highest platform of yoga, one must remain in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness.\n\nIn Sanskrit, the word bhajate, with its root bhaj (bhaj-dh\u0101tu) means \u201cto render service.\u201d But who renders service to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a unless he is a devotee of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a? In this Society of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness, devotees are rendering service without payment, out of love for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. They can render service elsewhere and get paid hundreds of dollars a month, but this service rendered here is loving service (bhaj), based on love of Godhead. Devotees render service in many ways \u2013 gardening, typing, cooking, cleaning, etc. All activities are connected with K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, and therefore K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness is prevailing twenty-four hours a day. That is the highest type of yoga. That is \u201cworshiping Me in transcendental loving service.\u201d As stated before, the perfection of yoga is keeping one\u2019s consciousness in contact with Vi\u1e63\u1e47u, or K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the Supreme Lord. We are not simply boasting that even a child can be the highest yogi simply by participating in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness; no, this is the verdict of authorized scripture \u2013 Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101. These words are not our creation but are specifically stated by Lord \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.\n\nActually, worship and service are somewhat different. Worship implies some motive. I worship a friend or an important man because if I can please that person, I may derive some profit. Those who worship the demigods worship for some ulterior purpose, and that is condemned in the seventh chapter of Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 (7.20):\n\nk\u0101mais tais tair h\u1e5bta-j\xf1\u0101n\u0101\u1e25\nprapadyante \u2019nya-devat\u0101\u1e25\nta\u1e41 ta\u1e41 niyamam \u0101sth\u0101ya\nprak\u1e5bty\u0101 niyat\u0101\u1e25 svay\u0101\n\u201cThose whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.\u201d Those who are bewildered by lust worship the demigods with a motive; therefore, when we speak of worship, some motive is implied. Service, however, is different, for in service there is no motive. Service is rendered out of love, just as a mother renders service to her child out of love only. Everyone can neglect that child, but the mother cannot, because love is present. Bhaj-dh\u0101tu is similar in that there is no question of motive, but service is rendered out of pure love. That is the perfection of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. \u2022\u2022\u2022 read with us: biglink.to/pathofperfection & check out our website for the catalogue of all the books and episodes so far www.sravanamdiaries.com