attached to sense gratification -- greatest cheater

He who makes a show of being a yogī, while actually searching for the objects of sense gratification, must be called the greatest cheater.

There are many pretenders who refuse to work in Krsna consciousness but make a show of meditation, while actually dwelling within the mind upon sense enjoyment. Such pretenders may also speak on dry philosophy in order to bluff sophisticated followers, but according to this verse these are the greatest cheaters. For sense enjoyment one can act in any capacity of the social order, but if one follows the rules and regulations of his particular status, he can make gradual progress in purifying his existence. But he who makes a show of being a yogi, while actually searching for the objects of sense gratification, must be called the greatest cheater, even though he sometimes speaks of philosophy. His knowledge has no value because the effects of such a sinful man's knowledge are taken away by the illusory energy of the Lord. Such a pretender's mind is always impure, and therefore his show of yogic meditation has no value whatsoever. (More...)

"Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection. All men are forced to act helplessly according to the impulses born of the modes of material nature. Therefore nobody can refrain from doing something not even for a moment. One who restrains the senses and organs of action but whose mind dwells on sense objects certainly deludes himself and is called a pretender. But on the other hand he who controls the senses by the mind and who engages his active organs in works of devotion without attachments is by far superior." (More...)

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