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forcibly trained to accept meditation on the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, but when one is actually elevated to loving the Supreme Lord,
then the mind is automatically absorbed in thought of the Lord. In such
a position a yogi has no other thought than to serve the Lord. This
dovetailing of the mind with the desires of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is called nirvana, or making the mind one with theSupreme Lord.

The best example of nirvana is cited in Bhagavad-gita. In the beginning
the mind of Arjuna deviated from Krsna’s. Krsna wanted Arjuna to fight,
but Arjuna did not want to, so there was disagreement. But after hearing
Bhagavad-gita from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Arjuna dove-
tailed his mind with Krsna’s desire. This is called oneness. This oneness,
however, did not cause Arjuna and Krsna to lose their individualities. The
Mayavadi philosophers cannot understand this. They think that oneness
necessitates loss of individuality. Actually, however, we find in Bhagavad-
gita that individuality is not lost. When the mind is completely purified in
love of Godhead, then the mind becomes the mind of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. The mind at that time does not act separately,
nor does it act without inspiration to fulfill the desire of the Lord. The
individual liberated soul has no other activity. Pratinivrtta-guna-pravahah.
In the conditioned state the mind is always engaged in activity impelled
by the three modes of the material world, but in the transcendental stage,
the material modes cannot disturb the mind of the devotee. The devotee
has no other concern than to satisfy the desires of the Lord. That is the
highest stage of perfection, called nirvana or nirvana-mukti. At this stage
the mind becomes completely free from material desire.

Yatharcih. Arcih means flame. When a lamp is broken or the oil is
finished, we see that the flame of the lamp goes out, but according to
scientific understanding, the flame is not extinguished; it is conserved.
This is conservation of energy. Similarly, when the mind stops function-
ing on the material platform, it is conserved in the activities of the Supreme
Lord. The Mayavadi philosophers’ conception of cessation of the
functions of the mind is explained here: cessation of the mental functions
means cessation of activities conducted under the influence of the three
modes of material nature.

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