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Kapila's Instructions on Devotional Service
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PURPORT
Etair anyaiś ca.  The general  yoga  process entails observing the rules and regulations, practicing the different sitting postures, concentrating the mind on the vital circulation of the air and then thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Vaikuṇṭha pastimes. This is the general process of  yoga . This same concentration can be achieved by other recommended processes, and therefore  anyaiś ca , other methods, also can be applied. The essential point is that the mind, which is contaminated by material attraction, has to be bridled and concentrated on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It cannot be fixed on something void or impersonal. For this reason, so-called  yoga  practices of voidism and impersonalism are not recommended in any standard  yoga-śāstra . The real  yogī  is the devotee because his mind is always concentrated on the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the topmost  yoga  system.
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शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य विजितासन आसनम् । तस्मिन् स्वस्ति समासीन ऋजुकायः समभ्यसेत्॥८॥
śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya vijitāsana āsanam tasmin svasti samāsīna ṛju-kāyaḥ samabhyaset
śucau deśe —in a sanctified place;  pratiṣṭhāpya —after placing;  vijita-āsanaḥ —controlling the sitting postures;  āsanam —a seat;  tasmin —in that place;  svasti samāsīnaḥ —sitting in an easy posture;  ṛju-kāyaḥ —keeping the body erect;  samabhyaset —one should practice.
TRANSLATION
After controlling one's mind and sitting postures, one should spread a seat in a secluded and sanctified place, sit there in an easy posture, keeping the body erect, and practice breath control.
PURPORT
Sitting in an easy posture is called  svasti samāsīnaḥ . It is recommended in the  yoga  scripture that one should put the soles of the feet between the