From #thebhagavadgita, Chapter 2, verse 61: Tani sarvani samyamya yukta asita mat-parah vase hi yasyendriyani tasya prajna pratisthita One who restrains his senses, keeping them under full control, and who fixes his consciousness upon Me, is known as a man of steady intelligence. That the highest conception of yoga perfection is Krsna consciousness is clearly explained in this verse. And unless one is Krsna conscious is it not at all possible to control the senses. As cited above, the great sage Durvasa Muni picked a quarrel with Maharaja Ambarisa, and Durvasa Muni unnecessarily became angry out of pride and therefore could not check his senses. On the other hand, the king, although not powerful a yogi as the sage, but a devotee of the Lord, silently tolerated all the sages injustices and thereby emerged victorious. The King was able to control his senses because of the following qualifications, as mentioned in the Sri-Bhagavatam (9.4.18-20): King Ambarisa fixed his mind on the Lotus feet of Lord Krsna, engaged his words in describing the abode of the Lord, his hands in cleansing the temple of the Lord, his ears in hearing the pastimes of the Lord, his eyes in seeing the form of the Lord, his body in touching the body of the devotee, his nostrils in smelling the flavor of the flowers offered to the Lotus feet of the Lord, his tongue in tasting the tulasi leaves offered to Him, his legs in traveling to the Holy place where His temple is situated, his head in offering obeisance unto the Lord, and his desires in fulfilling the desires of the Lord...and all of these qualifications made him fit to become a mat-para devotee of the Lord. The word mat-para is most significant in this connection. How one can become mat-para is described in the life of Maharaja Ambarisa. Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, a great scholar and acarya in the line of the mat-para, remarks, mad-bhakti-prabhavena sarvendriya-vijaya-purvika svatma-drstih su-labheti bhavah. The senses can be completely controlled only by the strength of devotional service to Krsna. Also, the example of fire is sometimes given: As a blazing fire burns everything within a room, Lord Visnu, situated in the heart of a yogi, burns up all kinds of impurities. The yoga-sutra also prescribes meditation on Visnu, and not on the void. The so-called yogis who meditate on something other than the Visnu form simply waste their time in a vain search after some phantasmagoria. We have to be Krsna conscious -- devoted to the Personality of Godhead. This is the aim of the real Yoga.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:53:26 +0000
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