| CHAPTER ONE :
~ Yoga as Action
In the Sixth and Eighth Chapters of Bhagavad-gita, Lord Sti
: Krena, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, explains that the
elghtfold yoga system is a means to control the mind and senses.
This method, however, is very difficult for people to perform, es-
pecially in this age of Kali, an age characterized by ignorance and
. chaos.
Although this eightfold yoga system is particularly recom-
Mended in the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita, the Lord
emphasizes that the process of karma-yoga, action in Krsna con-
, eciousness, 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 ex-
tended. But to act perfectly is to act in Krsna consciousness, and
this means acting detached from the fruits of labor.
. It is our duty to act in Krsna consciousness because we are con-
stitutionally parts and parcels of the Supreme. The parts of the
body work for the satisfaction of the entire body, not for the in-
dividual 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
éannydsi and the perfect yogi. In the first verse of the Sixth
Chapter of Bhagavad-gita, the chapter dealing with sdrkhya-yoga,
Bhagavan Sri Krsna states,
andasritah karma-phalam
karyam karma karoti yah
Sa Sannyasi ca yogi ca
na niragnir na cakriyah
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