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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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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 Kṛṣṇa admits that this meditational process is very difficult:
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Nor is the mind put out or extinguished, for it is the business of the yogī to think of Kṛṣṇa, or Viṣṇu This may sound very difficult, but it is possible in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. When one is always engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, in the service of Kṛṣṇa, then how is it possible for the mind to wander away from Kṛṣṇa? In the service of Kṛṣṇa, the mind is automatically controlled.
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If one is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he has no desire other than Kṛṣṇa. The desire for sense gratification must be overcome by the process of purification, but desire for Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the process by which one purifies his desires; instead of desiring so many things for sense gratification, one simply desires things for the service of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is so merciful, however, that he gives us the food to eat.
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“For one whose mind is unbridled,” Kṛṣṇa further says, “self-realization is difficult work.” Insofar as the mind is unbridled, Kṛṣṇa agrees with Arjuna that the yoga system is very difficult work “But,” Kṛṣṇa adds, “he whose mind is controlled and strives by right means is assured of success. to follow the four basic regulative principles as mentioned and execute his activities absorbed in Kṛṣṇa
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But Kṛṣṇa indicates that these rules can be easily followed when we are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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Kṛṣṇa indicates that one is situated in yoga when his consciousness is completely under his control.
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Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is advising that the mind can be controlled through regulation. It is not that activities are to be stopped, but regulated by the mind always engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness Being always engaged in some activity connected with Kṛṣṇa is actual samādhi. Rather, samādhi can be defined as executing regulated activities while absorbed in the thought of Kṛṣṇa
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difficult and another may be easy, but in all cases one must purify his existence to the conception of Kṛṣṇa
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The best association is a sādhu, that is, a Kṛṣṇa conscious person or one who is striving for spiritual For instance, Kṛṣṇa speaks Bhagavad-gītā to Arjuna just to cut off his attachment to this material affection Because Arjuna is attracted to things that are impeding the execution of his own duty, Kṛṣṇa severs these For example, at the very beginning of Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa speaks sharply to Arjuna by telling him that
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Spiritual life is all pleasure, and Kṛṣṇa is all pleasure. entrapment, to transfer him from the false enjoyment of material things to the actual enjoyment of Kṛṣṇa Śrī Kṛṣṇa says,
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In His discourse on the meditational yoga system, Kṛṣṇa proclaims that yoga cannot be properly performed Kṛṣṇa does not say that there is such a thing as dreamless sleep. In the Gītā Kṛṣṇa cautions that one who dreams too much while sleeping cannot properly execute yoga. Thus Kṛṣṇa outlines so many requirements for disciplining the body.