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The perfection of yoga 2
In the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā, Śrī Kṛṣṇa instructs Arjuna how to perform meditational yoga, but Arjuna rejects this as too difficult. How then is Arjuna considered to be a great yogī? Although Kṛṣṇa saw that Arjuna was rejecting the meditational system, He proclaimed Arjuna to be the of Kṛṣṇa.
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Yet Arjuna was praised by Kṛṣṇa as the only man worthy of understanding Bhagavad-gītā. Śrī Kṛṣṇa says, “You are My devotee. You are My very dear friend.” Despite this qualification, Arjuna refused to execute the meditational yoga system described by Śrī Kṛṣṇa No, it can be controlled, and the process is this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The mind must be fixed always in Kṛṣṇa.
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Throughout Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa was encouraging Arjuna to fight, for he was a warrior, and fighting was Although Kṛṣṇa delineates the meditational yoga system in the Sixth Chapter, He does not stress it or encourage Arjuna to pursue it as his path. Kṛṣṇa admits that this meditational process is very difficult:
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The method of executing meditational yoga is further explained in considerable detail by Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna Śrī Kṛṣṇa says,
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Not being a cheater, being very frank and open, Arjuna tells Kṛṣṇa that the system of yoga which He has In speaking to Kṛṣṇa, it is significant that Arjuna addresses Him as Madhusūdana, indicating that the as Kṛṣṇa? If it were possible for Kṛṣṇa to kill the demon called the mind, then Arjuna would be able to attain Even the mind of a great man like Arjuna is always agitated. As Arjuna himself says,
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It was taught to Arjuna, the warrior, just before Arjuna was to engage in a fratricidal battle. Out of sentiment, Arjuna was thinking, “Why should I fight against my own kinsmen?” That reluctance to fight was due to Arjuna’s illusion, and just to eradicate that illusion, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Within this one hour, the whole Bhagavad-gītā was discussed, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa set forth the perfection of all yoga systems to His friend Arjuna.
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Thus the subject in the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā is quickly dropped by Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. Arjuna next asks,
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“This is my doubt, O Kṛṣṇa, and I ask You to dispel it completely. (Bg. 6.39) Arjuna is asking this question about the fate of the unsuccessful yogī so that in the future By a yogī, Arjuna is referring to the haṭha-yogī, jñāna-yogī and bhakti-yogī; it is not that meditation Arjuna is questioning for all those who are attempting to become successful transcendentalists. And how does Śrī Kṛṣṇa answer him?
The Perfection of Yoga
ONE: Yoga as Rejected by Arjuna TWO: Yoga as Work in Devotion THREE: Yoga as Meditation on Krsna FOUR and Designation SIX: The Fate of the Unsuccessful Yogī SEVEN: Yoga as Reestablishing Relations with Kṛṣṇa
The Perfection of Yoga
ONE: Yoga as Rejected by Arjuna TWO: Yoga as Work in Devotion THREE: Yoga as Meditation on Krsna FOUR and Designation SIX: The Fate of the Unsuccessful Yogī SEVEN: Yoga as Reestablishing Relations with Kṛṣṇa
The Perfection of Yoga
ONE: Yoga as Rejected by Arjuna TWO: Yoga as Work in Devotion THREE: Yoga as Meditation on Krsna FOUR and Designation SIX: The Fate of the Unsuccessful Yogī SEVEN: Yoga as Reestablishing Relations with Kṛṣṇa
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In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa speaks to Arjuna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as such it is to be Bhagavad-gītā was imparted to the sun-god and to Arjuna by Kṛṣṇa, but nowhere is it mentioned that Bhagavad-gītā Being that Kṛṣṇa knows everything, Arjuna is putting this question to Him about the fate of the unsuccessful There is no possibility for Arjuna to research the truth. If Arjuna receives this complete knowledge and we receive it from Arjuna as it was spoken to him, then