“Do you say that not one of these is possible to do easily? Do you say you cannot do it? Then your course and your state are for you alone to know,” He said, and fell silent. When one looks closely at this sacred teaching, it becomes clear that those who wish to become a ‘devotee’ must keep their attention on the work alone, and not on the time. That is why Gopāla also declared that Jñāna is better than abhyāsa, dhyāna better than Jñāna, and the renunciation of the fruit of karma far better than dhyāna.