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“By meditating in this manner, always controlling the body, mind and activities, the mystic transcendentalist

Thus the sum and substance of the yoga system is to control the agitated mind.

Everyone has an eternal relationship with the Lord, either as master and servant, friend and friend, parent and child, husband and wife, or lover and beloved. The relationship between master and servant, pervertedly reflected, continues only for so long as the When there is a difference of opinion between son and parents, the son leaves home, and the relationship The same with husband and wife: a slight difference of opinion, and there is divorce.

“To practice yoga, one should go to a secluded place and should lay kuśa grass on the ground and then cover it with a deerskin and a soft cloth. The yogī should then sit on it very firmly and should practice yoga by controlling the mind and the senses , purifying the heart and fixing the mind on one point.” Every grass and herb has its use and serves some function, although we may not know what it is.

“For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it is, it seems

We can quickly see that controlling the mind and body is not such an easy thing and that we cannot control them as easily as we can go to the store and purchase something.

According to Vedic culture, there are four stages of life: brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha and sannyāsa reaching the approximate age of fifty, one may take the vānaprastha order – that is, he leaves his home and children and travels with his wife to holy places of pilgrimage. Finally he gives up both wife and children and remains alone to cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and that What then is the duty for a sannyāsī, for one who has renounced family life and no longer has ma­terial

“And of all yogīs, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all.”

Here Kṛṣṇa emphasizes practice and renunciation as ways to control the mind. Despite leading a life of uncontrolled sense indulgence, we attend yoga classes and expect to attain There are so many rules and regulations involved in the proper execution of yoga, and most of us can

regard, there is the story of Viśvāmitra Muni, a great king, a kṣatriya, who renounced his kingdom and Viśvāmitra Muni meditated so intently that Indra, the King of heaven, noticed him and thought, “This Menakā was naturally very beautiful, and she was intent on disrupting the muni’s meditations. looked up from his meditation, saw her, and became captivated by her beauty. He was about to flee when Menakā brought his beautiful daughter before him and chastised him.

Bali Mahārāja agreed, and the boy-dwarf took two steps and covered the entire universe. He then asked Bali Mahārāja where He was going to take His third step, and Bali Mahārāja, understanding

We have heard the names of so many different yogas and yogīs, but in Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa says that the Kṛṣṇa proclaims that there is no difference between renunciation (sannyāsa) and yoga.

serving, worshiping the Deity in the temple, praying, carrying out orders, serving Kṛṣṇa as a friend and Out of these, śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam, hearing and chanting, are considered the most important. Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, while a group listens, and at the end of the mantra, the group can respond, and in this way there is a reciprocation of hearing and chanting.

satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization. Such a person is situated in transcendence and is self-controlled. (Bg. 6.8) Jñāna means theoretical knowledge, and vijñāna refers to practical knowledge. drinking and enjoying a sensual life. A person can only be satisfied when there is jñāna and vijñāna side by side.

“This is my doubt, O Kṛṣṇa, and I ask You to dispel it completely. By a yogī, Arjuna is referring to the haṭha-yogī, jñāna-yogī and bhakti-yogī; it is not that meditation The meditator, the philosopher and the devotee are all to be considered yogīs. And how does Śrī Kṛṣṇa answer him?

It is not that one should continue to attend yoga classes and yet remain the same throughout his life And what is the sign of that practical realization? The mind will be calm and quiet and no longer agitated by the attraction of the material world. Thus self-controlled, one is not attracted by the material glitter, and he sees everything – pebbles,

When we are absorbed in the thought of serving Kṛṣṇa and when we act in that consciousness, we can become real sannyāsīs and real yogīs. Of course, one may ask how a person may be a yogī and at the same time a warrior. , staring at the tip of our nose and concentrating in this way in a lonely place. In this way one becomes the highest yogī and the highest sannyāsī. That is the secret.

This is characterized by one’s ability to see the self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness and enjoys himself through Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater