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There are different kinds of transcendentalists who are called yogīs – haṭha-yogīs, jñāna-yogīs, dhyāna-yogīs, and bhakti-yogīs – and all of …

At the time of death we have to finish that process of perfection. During our lifetime we have to practice …

“One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between the eyebrows and in full devotion engages himself …

Just as a student studies a subject for four or five years and then takes his examination and receives a …

“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail.” (Gītā 8.6)

There is a Bengali proverb that says that whatever one does for perfection will be tested at the time of …

“Persons learned in the Vedas, who utter oṁ-kāra and who are great sages in the renounced order, enter into Brahman. …

In the yoga system this process is called pratyāhāra, which means “just the opposite.” Although during life the eyes are …

“After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable oṁ, the supreme combination of letters, if one …

In this way, all the senses have to be stopped in their external activities and concentrated on the form of …

At this point the yogī determines where he is to go. In the material universe there are innumerable planets, and …

The generally accepted method for transferral to higher planets is the practice of the meditational yoga system, or jñāna system. …

If one tries to enter higher planets by mechanical means, instant death is assured, for the body cannot stand the …

“For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, once having been, does he ever cease to be. He …

We are spirit soul, and as such we are eternal. Why, then, should we subject ourselves to birth and death? …

The self, or soul, of the individual is a minute spiritual spark. The perfection of yoga lies in the transferral …

Oṁ ity ekākṣaraṁ brahma: at the point of death the yogī can pronounce oṁ, oṁkāra, the concise form of transcendental …

“For one who remembers Me without deviation, I am easy to obtain, O son of Pṛthā, because of his constant …

Those who are satisfied with temporary life, temporary pleasure, and temporary facilities are not to be considered intelligent, at least …

For the impersonalists to get out of this temporary body, Kṛṣṇa here advises that they vibrate the syllable oṁ. In …