Yoga as Body and Mind Control 33

in Krsna consciousness. Being always engaged in
some activity connected with Krsna is actual samadhi.
It is not that when one is in samadhi he doesn’t eat,
work, sleep or enjoy himself in any way. Rather,
samadhi can be defined as executing regulated activi-
lies while absorbed in the thought of Krsna.

asamyatatmana yogo
dusprapa iti me matih

vasyatmana tu yatata
sakyo *vaptum upayatah

“for one whose mind is unbridled,” Krsna further
says, “self-realization is difficult work.” (Bg.6.36)
Anyone knows that an unbridled horse is dangerous
lo ride. He can go in any direction at any speed, and
his rider is likely to come to some harm. Insofar as
the mind is unbridled, Krsna agrees with Arjuna that
the yoga system is very difficult work indeed. “But,”
Krsna adds, ‘“‘he whose mind is controlled and strives
by right means is assured of success. That is My
judgement.” (Bg. 6.36) What is meant by “‘strives by
right means”? One has to try to follow the four
basic regulative principles as mentioned and execute
his activities absorbed in Krsna consciousness.

If one wants to engage in yoga at home, then he
has to make certain that his other engagements are
moderate. He cannot spend long hours of the day
working hard to simply earn a livelihood. One should
work very moderately, eat very moderately, gratify
his senses very moderately and keep his life as free
from anxiety as possible. In this way practice of yoga
may be successful.
