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Throughout Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa was encouraging Arjuna to fight, for he was a warrior, and fighting was his duty. Although Kṛṣṇa …

“The Blessed Lord said: O mighty-armed son of Kuntī, it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the restless mind, but …

Here Kṛṣṇa emphasizes practice and renunciation as ways to control the mind. But what is that renunciation? Today it is …

In His discourse on the meditational yoga system, Kṛṣṇa proclaims that yoga cannot be properly performed by one who eats …

“A transcendentalist should always try to concentrate his mind on the Supreme Self; he should live alone in a secluded …

The method of executing meditational yoga is further explained in considerable detail by Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna. Śrī Kṛṣṇa says,

“To practice yoga, one should go to a secluded place and should lay kuśa grass on the ground and then …

We can quickly see that controlling the mind and body is not such an easy thing and that we cannot …

Of course everyone is motivated by sex life, but sex life is not actually discouraged. We have this material body, …

“For one whose mind is unbridled,” Kṛṣṇa further says, “self-realization is difficult work.” (Bg. 6.36) Anyone knows that an unbridled …

If one wants to engage in yoga at home, then he has to make certain that his other engagements are …

What is the sign by which we can tell that one has attained perfection in yoga? Kṛṣṇa indicates that one …

“When the yogī, by practice of yoga, disciplines his mental activities and becomes situated in Transcendence – devoid of all …

Nor should the yogī have any desire for material sense gratification. If one is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he has no …

In the execution of yoga, it is very important that the mind is not agitated.

“As a lamp in a windless place does not waver, so the transcendentalist, whose mind is controlled, remains always steady …

There are two kinds of brahmacārī: one is completely celibate and the other is gṛhastha-brahmacārī, that is to say he …

The yogī should have his mind trained in such a way that as soon as his mind wanders from meditation …

Those who are actually yogīs truly enjoy, but how do they enjoy? Ramante yogino ’nante – their enjoyment is unlimited, …

“In the stage of perfection called trance, or samādhi, one’s mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice …