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“O mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa,” Arjuna continues, “does not such a man, being deviated from the path of Transcendence (Bg. 6.38) When a cloud is torn apart by the wind, it does not mend back together again.

It is not that Bhagavad-gītā rejects the meditational yoga process; it recognizes it as a bona fide method , but it further indicates that it is not possible in this age.

“What is the destination of the man of faith who does not persevere, who in the beginning takes to the process of self-realization but who later desists due to worldly-mindedness and thus does not attain becomes of the unsuccessful yogī, or the person who attempts to perform yoga but somehow desists and does not It is something like a student who does not get his degree because he drops out of school. Even if a man has faith and strives for perfection in the yoga system, Arjuna points out that he may not

(Bg. 6.44) In the material world, we have experience that we do not carry our assets from one life to At death, the bank balance does not go with me; it remains in the bank to be enjoyed by somebody else This is not the case with spiritual culture.

One should not take the chance of finishing up the process in another birth but should resolve to finish We should be determined in this way: “Somehow or other in my last life, I did not finish my spiritual Thus after leaving this body one will not again take birth in this material world, where birth, old age Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī used to say, “This place is not fit for a gentleman.”

is asking this question about the fate of the unsuccessful yogī so that in the future people would not By a yogī, Arjuna is referring to the haṭha-yogī, jñāna-yogī and bhakti-yogī; it is not that meditation

Kṛṣṇa informs us that such failures should not be cause for despair. In the spiritual life especially, failure is not discouraging.

Anyone who takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness seriously is not an ordinary person; he must have taken to the

It is not unusual for one to fall down from the platform of devotional service. Sometimes a neophyte devotee does not keep the rules and regulations.

In any case, those who sincerely begin spiritual life are guaranteed human birth in the next life – not On the other hand, if a person executes his duties perfectly but does not approach God, then what does

“The Blessed Lord said: Son of Pṛthā, a transcendentalist engaged in auspicious activities does not meet