Srila Prabhupada started his movement among what strict Vedic followers would term a non-Vedic population. This was because he had faith that devotional service is beyond such considerations, as well as being beyond jnana (the mental speculation variety) and yoga (the mystic perfection and meditational variety). He writes in a Srimad Bhagavatam purport from the Second Canto that: “Because they are factually engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, the Lord’s pure devotees have already achieved the results of mental speculation and meditation. The real perfection of life is therefore to be engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.”