Indian man (3): They say they have achieved so much. Are they able to increase it by even a single moment? When they say all . . . nothing is in our hand?
Prabhupāda: No. This breathing is given there, that "You must breathe so many million times. Bās, finished." Just like you wind the watch. It will run or go round so many times. As soon as the finish, then stop.
Indian man (2): Unwound, it is finished.
Prabhupāda: The energy is limited. So by the yogic process they increase because they stop breathing. Breathing is limited. Just like you have got bank balance, two hundred thousand. If you don't spend, then it remains.
Indian man (3): But you got to breathe. You can't stop breathing.
Prabhupāda: No, no, by yogic process, you can stop breathing.
Indian man (3): Stop breathing or lengthen it?
Prabhupāda: Stop breathing means you don't spend. You have got a limited breathing period. By yogic process, you stop breathing, but you remain. That is mystic yoga. So similarly, you can simply increase your life by not using the breathing process. That is praṇāyāma. That is praṇāyāma. So . . . but you cannot exceed the limit. That is not possible.