Hare Krishna,

I found an answer to one of my questions:

>>>2.In BG, is Arjuna a karma-yogi or bhakti-yogi?<<<<

In SB 3.32.25 purport Srila Prabhupada writes:

"A devotee has no personal attachment to anything; therefore for him there is no
question of agreeable or disagreeable. For the service of the Lord he can accept
anything, even though it may be disagreeable to his personal interest. In fact,
he is completely free from personal interest, and thus anything agreeable to the
Lord is agreeable to him. For example, for Arjuna at first fighting was not
agreeable, but when he understood that the fighting was agreeable to the Lord,
he accepted the fighting as agreeable. That is the position of a pure devotee."

Thank you,

Your servant

Vidyadhar


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From: Karmarkar, Vidyadhar [mailto:Vidyadhar.Karmarkar@...]
Sent: Sun 12/5/2004 12:45 PM
To: achintya (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Subject: [achintya] On Karma Yoga and Bhakti Yoga




Hare Krishna,

1.What is the exact difference between karma yoga, niskama karma yoga, bhakti
yoga and bhakti yoga in mode of goodness (discussed in 3rd Canto by Lord
Kapila)?

2.In BG, is Arjuna a karma-yogi or bhakti-yogi?

3.Is there any devotional component in the different systems of yoga - karma,
jnana, dhyana?

4.Is it necessary to give up everything and stay in a temple to practise bhakti
yoga? In other words, can one practise bhakti-yoga by continuing what he is
doing to earn his living?

5.If a person is chanting his rounds (16 or less), reading, associating with
devotees and doing his work as student, professional etc, then is he doing karma
yoga or bhakti yoga? (This is continuation of q 4).

6.Srila Visvanath Cakravarti Thakur translates buddhi-yoga while Srila
Prabhupada translates it as bhakti-yoga (2nd Chapter BG). How do we reconcile
the difference?

Please comment.

Your servant

Vidyadhar




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