Different categories of devotional service
« SANKHYA, The Philosophy of Lord Kapila
Chapter 05: Different categories of devotional service
Although devotional service is transcendental, it can be performed by a devotee under the influence of the three modes. As light assumes different colors as it passes through colored glasses, devotional service performed by a devotee acting under the influence of passion and ignorance will be expressed through the contamination of these modes. In this case, even though connected to Krsna consciousness, the devotee's practical actions may show qualities that are not exactly transcendental, resulting in all kinds of negative repercussions.
In His teachings, Lord Kapila gives a detailed description of how devotional service can be expressed through the three modes of material nature, helping us to understand and transcend these coverings, becoming situated on a platform of pure devotional service, transcending even the subtle contamination of the mode of goodness.
