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In this way we can avoid contamination and purify our life. If we can continue to live a pure life until the time of death, we will surely be transferred to the kingdom of God. When one is fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he does not return to this material world when he gives up his body. This is stated in the Fourth Chapter (Bg. 4.9):
janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so 'rijuna
“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.”
The unsuccessful  yogī  returns to a good family or to a righteous, rich, or aristocratic family, but if one is situated in perfect Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he does not return again. He attains Goloka Vṛndāvana in the eternal spiritual sky. We should be determined not to come back to this material world again, because even if we attain a good birth in a rich or aristocratic family, we can degrade ourselves again by improperly utilizing our good chance. Why take this risk? It is better to complete the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness in this life. It is very simple and not at all difficult. We only have to keep thinking of Kṛṣṇa; then we will be assured that our next birth will be in the spiritual sky, in Goloka Vṛndāvana, in the kingdom of God.
tapasvibhyo 'dhiko yogī jñānibhyo 'pi mato 'dhikaḥ karmibhyaś cādhiko yogī tasmād yogī bhavārjuna
“A  yogī  is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist, and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a  yogī .” (Bg. 6.46) There are different gradations of life within this material world, but if one lives according to
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the yogic principle, especially the principles of  bhakti-yoga , one is living the most perfect life possible. Therefore Kṛṣṇa is telling Arjuna, “My dear friend Arjuna, in all circumstances be a  yogī  and remain a  yogī .”
yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatenāntarātmanā śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ sa me yuktatamo matah
“And of all  yogīs , he who always abides 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.” (Bg. 6.47) Here it is clearly stated that there are many types of  yogīs — aṣṭānga-yogīs ,  haṭha-yogīs ,  jñāna-yogīs ,  karma-yogīs , and  bhakti-yogīs —and that of all the  yogīs , “he who always abides in Me” is said to be the greatest of all. “In Me” means in Kṛṣṇa; that is, the greatest  yogī  is always in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Such a  yogī  “abides 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.” This is the prime instruction of this Sixth Chapter on  sāṅkhya-yoga : if one wants to attain the highest platform of  yoga , one must remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
In Sanskrit, the word  bhajate , with its root  bhaj  ( bhaj-dhātu ) means “to render service.” But who renders service to Kṛṣṇa unless he is a devotee of Kṛṣṇa? In this Society of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotees are rendering service without payment, out of love for Kṛṣṇa. 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—gardening, typing, cooking, cleaning, etc. All activities are connected with Kṛṣṇa, and therefore Kṛṣṇa consciousness is prevailing twenty-four hours a day. That is the highest type of  yoga . That is “worshiping Me in transcendental loving service.” As stated before, the perfection of  yoga  is keeping one’s consciousness in contact with Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord. We are not simply boasting that even a child can be the highest