“Real yoga practise entails meeting the Lord in the heart and then following His dictation.”
– Srila Prabhupada (Purport, Bhagavad Gita 6.6)
The logic is simple: When you stretch your body and perform herculean physical exercises, you also relax your muscles and rest your body sufficiently. This ensures you get the six pack you seek.…
However, when I spend time with Krishna, mind’s crafty schemes are not necessarily checkmated. He is biding his time, and would pounce on me at the least expected moment. He is determined to keep me in the external world, and he does that with myriad thoughts. But the more attentive I am in my Krishna…
“That knowledge by which one undivided spiritual nature is seen in all living entities, though they are divided into innumerable forms, you should understand to be in the mode of goodness.” (Bhagavad Gita- 18.20)
“You are a monk, and you always wear the orange robes”, said Ahmed, an old friend whom I met recently. “I…