Bhakti-yoga and sacrifices
Question:
Hare Krsna.
Last Sunday there was a lecture in the temple about yagnas. It was about Bhakti-yoga and material world. I have four questions:
1. Is Bahkti-yoga a form of sacrifice?
2. Is Bhakti -yoga in the mode of goodness or beyond the modes?
3. If it is beyond, does it mean it is transcendental?
4. Does transcendence have any features?
Thank you for your patience and answer.
Answer:
1. Yes Bhakti Yoga is a sacrifice to please the Lord. There are nine items of Bhakti Yoga, beginning with hearing, chanting, and remembering. We can sacrifice our time, our words, our money, and our life for pleasing the Lord.
2. Pure Bhakti Yoga is beyond the modes. However we begin by practicing Bhakti Yoga according to the modes we are in, so we may find Bhakti Yoga being practiced in the mode of goodness, passion or even ignorance. However we should have a determination to raise ourselves to practice in the mood of goodness, from that mode we can come to the transcendental platform.
3. Yes, pure Bhakti Yoga is transcendental.
4. Yes, the transcendental world is full of variety wherein we will find full aspects of form, activities, and wonderful spiritual features.
Thank you for your nice questions.
Yours sincerely,
Trivikrama Swami
