Only bhakti-yoga grants perfect understanding of Krishna; all other paths are roundabout and incomplete.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — June 14, 1974, Paris 740614MW-PARIS [41:01 Minutes] Walk_740614MW-PARIS Prabhupāda: ...not for any spiritual advancement. Paramahaṁsa: Well, they say that important for them... [break] ...to elevate themselves to higher types of yoga by first going through the gymnastics.
Prabhupāda: Yes. But gradually they will eat more meat and drink more wine. They..., do they follow these principles: no intoxication, no meat, the so-called yoga practitioners? Paramahaṁsa: Some.
Prabhupāda: So it is not compulsory. Bhagavān: One thing is, though, that people all over the world have great, great interest in India. They're looking for something in India.
Prabhupāda: Yes. They should, because the actual spiritual understanding is there in India. Yogeśvara: They all raise the same objection, however. When we try to tell them that bhakti is the highest form of yoga, they say, "Why are you so sectarian?" Prabhupāda: Not sectarian.
Yogeśvara: "India is always tolerant for so many things." Prabhupāda: "You are calling us sectarian because you do not know what is yoga." You tell them that. "Do you know what is yoga?" Yogeśvara: They'll say, "Well, even the Gītā describes so many..." Prabhupāda: They have been cheated by some cheaters, that this practice, gymnastic practice, is yoga. That's all. They do not know what is yoga.
Yoga indriya-saṁyama. Even... All yoga system, Patañjali's system. So indriya...
Where is indriya-saṁyama? They are gratifying their senses to the fullest extent. And where is their yoga? That is described...