Yoga as Meditation on Krsna 19
and one executes this system properly, then he car?
control his mind. After one has met all the require-
ments for meditation, he must transfer his whole
thought to Krsna or Visnu. It is not that one is to
lransfer his thought to vacancy. Thus Krsna says
that one absorbed in the meditational yoga system
is “always thinking of Me.”

The yogi obviously has to go through a great deal
of difficulty to purify the atmd (mind, body and
soul), but it is a fact that this can be done most
effectively in this age simply by the chanting of
Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/
Ilare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
Why is this? Because this transcendental sound vi-
bration is nondifferent from Him. When we chant
Ilis name with devotion, then Krsna is with us, and
when Krsna is with us, then what is the possibility
of remaining impure? Consequently, one absorbed
in Krsna consciousness, in chanting the names of
Krsna and serving Him always, receives the benefit
of the highest form of yoga. The advantage is that
he doesn’t have to take all the trouble of the medi-
(ational process. That is the beauty of Krsna con-
sclousness.

In yoga it is necessary to control all of the senses,
and when all the senses are controlled, the mind
must be engaged in thinking of Visnu. One becomes
peaceful after thus conquering material life.

jitatmanah prasantasya
paramatma samahitah

sitosna-sukha-duhkhesu
tathad manapamanayoh
