Here is the authoritative statement, that you have to practice like this. First of all you have to select your place, holy place, alone, and special seat. Then you have to sit straight like this

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"Here is the authoritative statement, that you have to practice like this. Now, one should hold one's body . . . first of all you have to select your place, holy place, alone, and special seat. Then you have to sit straight like this"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Here is the authoritative statement, that you have to practice like this. Now, one should hold one's body . . . first of all you have to select your place, holy place, alone, and special seat. Then you have to sit straight like this. Huh? "One should hold one's body, neck and head erect." Straight line. This is the yoga process. These things help to concentrate the mind. That's all. But the real purpose of yoga is to keep Kṛṣṇa always within yourself. Here it is stated that, "One should hold one's body, neck and head erect in a straight line and stare steadily at the tip of the nose." Now here, you have to see, and if you close, meditation, you'll sleep. I have seen. So many so-called meditator, they're sleeping.

690216 - Lecture BG 06.13-15 - Los Angeles

Prabhupāda: Viṣṇu means . . . everything is Viṣṇu. The meditation is Viṣṇu. The bhakti is Viṣṇu. Not without Viṣṇu. And Kṛṣṇa is the original form of Viṣṇu. Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam, (SB 1.3.28)

The original form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So if we follow this process, then we'll be able to understand, without any doubt.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Thirteen and fourteen: "One should hold one's body, neck and head erect in a straight line and stare steadily at the tip of the nose. Thus, with an unagitated, subdued mind, devoid of fear, completely free from sex life, one should meditate upon Me within the heart and make Me the ultimate goal of life."

Prabhupāda: This is the process. First of all you have to select a nice place, solitary place, and you have to execute alone. Not that you go to a yoga class and pay your fees and make some gymnastic, and come back home and do all nonsense. You see? Don't be entrapped by all these ridiculous things. You see? Simply such society, I can declare, is the society of the cheaters and the cheated. You see? Here is the practice. Here you can see. And spoken by the supreme authority, Kṛṣṇa. Is there any person better yogī than Kṛṣṇa?

Here is the authoritative statement, that you have to practice like this. Now, one should hold one's body . . . first of all you have to select your place, holy place, alone, and special seat. Then you have to sit straight like this. Huh? "One should hold one's body, neck and head erect." Straight line. This is the yoga process. These things help to concentrate the mind. That's all. But the real purpose of yoga is to keep Kṛṣṇa always within yourself.

Here it is stated that, "One should hold one's body, neck and head erect in a straight line and stare steadily at the tip of the nose." Now here, you have to see, and if you close, meditation, you'll sleep. I have seen. So many so-called meditator, they're sleeping. (makes snoring sound) (laughter) I've seen it. You see?

Because as soon as you close your eyes, it is natural that you'll feel sleepy. You see? Therefore, half-closed. You have to see. That is the process. You have to see the tip of your nose, two eyes. "Thus with unagitated mind." This process will help your mind to be fixed up, unagitated mind, subdued mind, devoid of fear. Yes.