1180 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 28
of the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Lord. It is never mentioned
that one should concentrate on the impersonal or void. It is clearly stated,
vaikuntha-lila. Lila means pastimes. Unless the Absolute Truth, the Per-
sonality of Godhead, has transcendental activities, where is the scope for
thinking of these pastimes? It is through the processes of devotional service,
chanting and hearing of the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of God-
head, that one can achieve this concentration. As described in the Srimad-
Bhagavatam, the Lord appears and disappears according to His relation-
ships with different devotees. The Vedic literatures contain many narrations
of the Lord’s pastimes, including the Battle of Kuruksetra and historical
facts relating to the life and precepts of devotees like Prahlada Maharaja,
Dhruva Maharaja and Ambarisa Maharaja. One need only concentrate his
mind on one such narration and become always absorbed in its thought.
Then he will be in samadhi. Samadhi is not an artificial bodily state; it is
the state achieved when the mind is virtually absorbed in thoughts of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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TEM Fata Taatranen Tafexa: th 9 UI
etair anyais ca pathibhir
mano dustam asat-patham
buddhyd yuiijita sanakair
jita-prano hy atandritah

etaih—by these;anyaih—by other; ca—and; pathibhih—processes; manah—
the mind; dustam— contaminated; asat-patham—on the path of material
enjoyment; buddhya—by the intelligence; yunjita—one must control;
Sanakaih—gradually; jita-pranah—the life air being fixed; hi—indeed;
atandritah—alert.

TRANSLATION

By these processes, or any other true process, one must control the
contaminated, unbridled mind, which is always attracted by material
enjoyment, and thus fix himself in thought of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.
