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Here it is the real purpose of human life: vasudeva-para veda vasudeva-para makhah, vasudeva-para yogah. There are so many yogis. I can clearly say that without Vasudeva, yoga - simply pressing the nose, that's all - this is not yoga

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"Here it is the real purpose of human life: vāsudeva-parā vedā vāsudeva-parā makhāḥ, vāsudeva-parā yogāḥ. There are so many yogīs. I can clearly say that without Vāsudeva, yoga—simply pressing the nose, that's all—this is not yoga"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Veda, knowledge, you are educating people, but where is your education to teach people about Vāsudeva, about Kṛṣṇa? Bhagavad-gītā is prohibited. Vāsudeva speaking about Himself, but there is prohibited. And if somebody's reading, some rascal is reading, he's making minus Vāsudeva. That's all. Bhagavad-gītā minus Kṛṣṇa. This is going on. Whole nonsense. You cannot expect human civilization in a nonsense society. Here it is the real purpose of human life: vāsudeva-parā vedā vāsudeva-parā makhāḥ, vāsudeva-parā yogāḥ. There are so many yogīs. I can clearly say that without Vāsudeva, yoga—simply pressing the nose, that's all—this is not yoga. They say . . . in Europe and America the yoga principle is very popular because they think by practice of yoga they will have very good health, and they can use their senses very nicely.

Veda, knowledge, you are educating people, but where is your education to teach people about Vāsudeva, about Kṛṣṇa? Bhagavad-gītā is prohibited. Vāsudeva speaking about Himself, but there is prohibited. And if somebody's reading, some rascal is reading, he's making minus Vāsudeva. That's all. Bhagavad-gītā minus Kṛṣṇa. This is going on. Whole nonsense. You cannot expect human civilization in a nonsense society.

Here it is the real purpose of human life: vāsudeva-parā vedā vāsudeva-parā makhāḥ, vāsudeva-parā yogāḥ. There are so many yogīs. I can clearly say that without Vāsudeva, yoga—simply pressing the nose, that's all—this is not yoga. They say . . . in Europe and America the yoga principle is very popular because they think by practice of yoga they will have very good health, and they can use their senses very nicely.

That is yoga system. The fatty woman goes to the yoga class for reduce fat. That is yoga system. You see? (chuckles) Somebody is going to practice yoga system for making right the liver action. You see? Here is yoga: vāsudeva-parā yogāḥ. That is . . . Kṛṣṇa also says in the Yoga chapter, Sāṅkhya-yoga chapter, Kṛṣṇa says:

yoginām api sarveṣāṁ
mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā
śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ
sa me yuktatamo mataḥ
(BG 6.47)

He's yogī. That is yogī. Not for health's sake, or curing the liver disease or reducing fat, yoga system. This is not yoga system.

Page Title:Here it is the real purpose of human life: vasudeva-para veda vasudeva-para makhah, vasudeva-para yogah. There are so many yogis. I can clearly say that without Vasudeva, yoga - simply pressing the nose, that's all - this is not yoga
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-08-08, 09:43:20
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1