CHAPTER ONE
Yogaa as Action
In the Sixth and Eighth Chapters of  Bhagavad-gītā , Lord Śrī Kṛṇṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, explains that the eightfold  yoga  system is a means to control the mind and senses. This method, however, is very difficult for people to perform, especially in this age of Kali, an age characterized by ignorance and chaos.
Although this eightfold  yoga  system is particularly recommended in the Sixth Chapter of  Bhagavad-gītā , the Lord  emphasizes  that the process of  karma-yoga , action in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is superior. In this world, everyone acts to maintain  his  family, and everyone is working with a view to some self-interest, or personal sense gratification, be it concentrated or extended. But to act perfectly is to act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and  this  means acting detached from the fruits of labor.
It is our duty to act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness because we are constitutionally parts and parcels of the Supreme. The parts of the body work for the satisfaction of the entire body, not for the individual parts. The goal is the satisfaction of the complete whole. Similarly, the living entity should act for the satisfaction of the supreme whole, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and not for his own personal satisfaction. One who can do this is the perfect  sannyāsī  and the perfect  yogī . In the first verse of the Sixth Chapter of  Bhagavad-gītā , the chapter dealing with  sāṅkhya-yoga , Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa states,
anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṁ kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ sa sannyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnir na cākriyaḥ
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