SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 6 Text 47
yoginam api sarvesam
mad-gatenantar- atmana
sraddhavan bhajate yo mam
sa me yuktatamo matah

yoginam--of yogis; api--also; sarvesam--all types of; mat-gatena-- abiding in Me, always thinking of Me; antah-atmana- -within himself; sraddha-van- -in full faith; bhajate--renders transcendental loving service; yah--one who; mam--to Me (the Supreme Lord); sah--he; me--by Me; yukta-tamah- -the greatest yogi; matah--is considered.

TRANSLATION

And of all yogis, the one with great faith who always abides in Me, thinks of Me within himself, and renders transcendental loving service to Me--he is the most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all. That is My opinion.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport; Yoga actually means bhakti-yoga; all other yogas are progressions toward the destination of bhakti-yoga.

Without praticing jnana-yogi I would have no idea of bhakti, which I learned about from Srila Prabhupada's books. My volunteer work in the past was done to make me feel good. Now I do such work because I know that the Lord wants me to, that it is a way of serving Him. With these changes in attitude has come a closeness with my Lord that is easily felt when I do my japa.