PLATE ONE
“Did Caitanya Mahāprabhu sit down to meditate? No, when He appeared five hundred years ago in India, He was always dancing and chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. The spirit soul is naturally active. How can we sit down silently and do nothing? It is not possible. No one really wants to sit down and meditate. Why should we? We’re meant for positive activity, for recreation, for pleasure. In Kṛṣṇa consciousness, our recreation is dancing and chanting, and when we get tired we take  prasāda , spiritual food. Is dancing difficult? Is chanting difficult? It is natural to enjoy music and dancing and palatable vegetarian foods. These are our recreations, and this is our method of meditation. So this  yoga  system is not at all laborious. It is simply recreation,  susukham —very happy. It is natural, automatic, and spontaneous. It is our real life in the spiritual world.” ( pp.  8–9)