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Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 6 Text 3
aruruksor muner yogam
karma karanam ucyate
yogarudhasya tasyaiva
samah karanam ucyate

aruruksoh--who has just begun yoga; muneh--of the sage; yogam--the eightfold yoga system; karma--work; karanam--the means; ucyate--is said to be; yoga--eightfold yoga; arudhasya--of one who has attained; tasya--his; eva--certainly; samah--cessation of all material activities; karanam--the means; ucyate--is said to be.

TRANSLATION

For one who is a neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means; and for one who is already elevated in yoga, cessation of all material activities is said to be the means.

JOURNAL:

When it comes to work I know just how Arjuna feels in the above picture.

When I started on the path of Bhakti-yoga I tried to figure out how I could live in this life and still maintain my connection to the Lord. As time has gone on I have come to realize that it is not that I stop working, or work differently, but that work (life) itself takes on a different meaning altogether. To put it simply, work does not feel like work when you do it because you are in love.

This blog is written out of love. It keeps me thinking of Krishna and His instructions to me. If others read it than it becomes preaching, which is love for my fellow man. Any way you look at it I do this both for my benefit and because I think it will be pleasing to Krishna and Srila Prabhupada. It is my attempt to show my love, which seems to me to be best shown by action, not words.