Text 28] Entanglement in Fruitive Activities 1395

TRANSLATION

The greatest common understanding for all yogis is complete detachment
from matter, which can be achieved by different kinds of yoga.

PURPORT

There are three kinds of yoga, namely bhakti-yoga, jfiana-yoga, and
astanga-yoga. Devotees, jiidnis and yogis all try to get out of the material
entanglement. The jnanis try to detach their sensual activities from material
engagement. The jiiana-yogi thinks that matter is false and that Brahman is
truth; he tries, therefore, by cultivation of knowledge, to detach the senses
from material enjoyment. The astanga-yogis also try to control the senses.
The devotees, however, try to engage the senses in the service of the Lord.
Therefore it appears that the activities of the bhaktas, devotees, are better
than those of the jiidnis and yogis. The mystic yogis simply try to control
the senses by practicing the eight divisions of yoga—yama, niyama, dsana,
pranayama, pratyahara, etc.—and the jnanis try by mental reasoning to
understand that sense enjoyment is false. But the easiest and most direct
process is to engage the senses in the service of the Lord.

The purpose of all yoga is to detach one’s sense activities from this
material world. The final aims, however, are different. Janis want to be-
come one with the Brahman effulgence, yogis want to realize Paramatma,
and devotees want to develop Krsna consciousness and transcendental
loving service to the Lord. That loving service is the perfect stage of sense
control. The senses are actually active symptoms of life, and they cannot
be stopped. They can be detached only if there is superior engagement. As
it is confirmed in Bhagavad-gitd, param drstvd nivartate. The activities of
the senses can be stopped if they are given superior engagements. The
supreme engagement is to engage the senses in the service of the Lord.
That is the purpose of all yoga.

TEXT 28

PCCM SIG CEL MECUULE
FATS AT WAUTIHT RcI!

jiianam ekam paracinair
indriyair brahma nirgunam

avabhaty artha-riipena
bhrantyd sabdadi-dharmina
