Which is the easier way to attain Krishna – bhakti or seva?

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the easiest way to reach Krishna is it Bhakti or Seva Bhakti and Seva are not separated Prabhupada translated Bhakti as devotional service by Seva what do you mean exactly okay so Bhakti is internal Seva is external so both have to go together always remember me and engage in your prescribed duty so at different times in our life we may be able to do one more than the other sometimes our mind may just be too distracted but at least physically keep doing things physically keep doing things so that Krishna says that with the senses, with the mind, with the mind, intelligence, body and even the senses engage in devotional service so different Acharyas explain this Kevalair Indriyai in two different ways 5 point level in the Bhagavad Gita that says that at least with the senses even if the mind is not there even if I am not concentrating at least chat if I don’t feel like doing at least go to the temple and bow down so that is at least do the external thing but that will also purify and gradually the internal will come sometimes we act our way to the feelings and sometimes we feel our way to the actions that means sometimes I go to a temple I don’t feel like like say dancing in kirtan or participating in kirtan, start doing it I raise my hands I sing and I start feeling like it I act my way to the feelings and sometimes we may feel our way to the actions that means I just feel so happy I want to sing and I start singing my hands go up and I start dancing I start expressing bhakti so it is not that two are separated both are meant to be integrated but in some situations only one might be there sometimes we may want to go to the temple but there is some big work pressure which we can’t avoid some family which we can’t avoid we are not able to go to the temple but at least in our heart we can remember Krishna we are not able to do it externally but at least we do it internally so basically our consciousness as I said the soul is here, the mind is here, the body is here so ideally the soul’s consciousness will go through the mind through the body to Krishna that means the soul, mind and body all are engaged in Krishna’s service the body refers to seva, the mind refers to the bhakti but sometimes if the mind is too much inattentive or distracted at least the body should go towards Krishna and we do the seva sometimes the body can’t go towards Krishna at least let the mind go towards Krishna so that way we keep moving our consciousness towards Krishna thank you