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(Bhagavad-gītā 6.35) Kṛṣṇa does not say that it is not difficult. Constant practice means engaging ourselves in some activities that remind us of Kṛṣṇa. Everyone is engaged in some activity with Kṛṣṇa at the center. Therefore whether one is typing for Kṛṣṇa, cooking for Kṛṣṇa, chanting for Kṛṣṇa, or distributing literature for Kṛṣṇa, he is in the yoga system, and he is also in Kṛṣṇa.

“The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate, and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it is, I think, (Bhagavad-gītā 6.34) By chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, one captures the mind immediately. Just by saying the name Kṛṣṇa and hearing it, the mind is automatically fixed on Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is like the original candle from which all other candles are lit. Similarly, from Kṛṣṇa millions of Viṣṇu forms expand, and each Viṣṇu form is as good as Kṛṣṇa, but Kṛṣṇa

In Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the mind is controlled by engaging it constantly in the transcendental loving Unless one is engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he cannot steadily control the mind. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person easily achieves the result of yoga practice without separate endeavor, but a yoga practitioner cannot achieve success without becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious.

cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva suduṣkaram

In the temple, the devotee tries to concentrate on the form of Kṛṣṇa. The mind must be engaged in thinking of something, and if it is not thinking of Kṛṣṇa, it must be thinking

I may sit down to meditate and focus my mind on Kṛṣṇa, and that is very commendable, but there are many It is stated by Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the twelfth chapter of Bhagavad-gītā (12.5),

This is the crucial test of the eightfold aṣṭāṅga-yoga system expounded herein by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Therefore this system of mysticism described by Lord Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna beginning with the words śucau deśe

Actually, the aṣṭāṅga-yoga system is not impractical, for were it impractical, Lord Kṛṣṇa would not have

was a great warrior, he had great longevity, and, above all, he was the most intimate friend of Lord Kṛṣṇa