Service to God

The Vedic literatures recognize that each person is an individual, with specific abilities and propensities. A devotee is engaged in Krishna's service in accordance with these proclivities. What makes the activity devotional service is that the results are offered to Krishna.

In the Bhagavad-gita Krishna stresses that all of the results of all of our activities should be offered to Him.1 The devotee consults the spiritual master to determine which activities are in harmony with his psychophysical nature, and how to offer the results of such activities to the Supreme Lord. The devotee may be engaged in a variety of activities, but in each of them the devotee is thinking of pleasing Krishna and the spiritual master.

Devotional service is open to everyone, regardless of caste, creed, race, or sex. Devotees see beyond the body to the soul, and therefore are free from all material bias. A devotee is never to be considered a man, woman, black, white, or any other designation that pertains to the body. A devotee is simply seen as a servant of God.
l. Bhagavad-gita 9.27