Yoga as Body and Mind Control 31

ean see that in modern civilization it is indeed very
difficult to execute this meditational form of yoga
properly. Contemporary civilization in this age of
Kuli has actually made it impossible for us to be
alone, to be desireless and to be possessionless.

The method of executing meditational yoga is
further explained in considerable detail by Krsna to
Arjuna. Sri Krsna says:

Sucau dese pratisthapya
sthiram dsanam atmanah
naty-ucchritam natinicam
cailajina-kusottaram
tatraikagram manah krtva
yata-cittendriya-kriyah
upavisyasane yuiijyad
yogam atma-visuddhaye

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I'o practice yoga, one should go to a secluded place
and should lay kusa grass on the ground and then
cover it with a deerskin and a soft cloth. The seat
should neither be too high nor too low and should
le: situated in a sacred place. The yogi should then
sil on it very firmly and should practice yoga by
controlling the mind and the senses, purifying the
heart and fixing the mind on one point.” (Bg. 6.
11-12) Generally yogis sit on tigerskin or deerskin
hecause reptiles will not crawl on such skins to
disturb their meditations. It seems that in God’s
‘reation there is a use for everything. Every grass
und herb has its use and serves some function,
although we may not know what itis. So in Bhagavad-
gita Krsna has made some provision whereby the
