- yaṁ brahmā varuṇendra-rudra-marutaḥ stunvanti divyaiḥ stavair
- vedaiḥ sāṅga-pada-kramopaniṣadair gāyanti yaṁ sāma-gāḥ
- dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṁ yogino...
Real meditation means
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
The real meditation means to think of Kṛṣṇa.
Lecture on BG 4.9 -- Bombay, March 29, 1974: Yoga means he has controlled his senses. Yoga indriya-samyamaḥ. The yoga practice means controlling the senses and engaging the mind on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. That is yoga system.
Conversations and Morning Walks
1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Real meditation means to achieve a state in which the mind is saturated by God consciousness.
Room Conversation -- July 10, 1976, New York:
Bill Faill: Do you think that Transcendental Meditation is helping people?
Prabhupāda: They do not know what real meditation is. Their meditation is simply a farce, another cheating process by the so-called swamis and yogis. So everyone is talking about meditation, but no one knows what meditation really is. These bluffers use the word meditation, but they do not know the proper subject for meditation. They are simply talking bogus propaganda.
Bill Faill: But isn't meditation helpful in getting people to think straight?
Prabhupāda: No, real meditation means to achieve a state in which the mind is saturated by God consciousness.Correspondence
1969 Correspondence
Real meditation means to fix up the mind on Krishna or on Krishna's Expansion, Lord Visnu.
Letter to Vilasavigraha -- Los Angeles 22 January, 1969: In this age the mind is so much agitated that it cannot be fixed up on the Supreme Objective. Real meditation means to fix up the mind on Krishna or on Krishna's Expansion, Lord Visnu. The modern so-called meditater has no information of Krishna or Visnu. They try to meditate on something void or impersonal which is simply troublesome. It is clearly stated in the Bhagavad-gita that those attached to the impersonal feature have their path to be very, very troublesome. Not only in this age when everything is troublesome, but it was so in former ages also, so what to speak of this age. Therefore, in this age, to fix up your ears upon the transcendental vibrations of Hare Krishna is the highest form of meditation, and the only one which will prove feasible for you. We may or may not condemn the impersonalists, but they are already condemned by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita.
1971 Correspondence
Some meditate on light, but real meditation means to concentrate on Krishna.
Letter to Nityananda -- Delhi 12 November, 1971: You must always remain very serious and enthusiastic about chanting and hearing the message of Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, and set a good example for the new devotees to follow.
Bhakti Yoga is the process for all the ages, but the method is different in each age. The rascal people have got some idea of Bhakti according to their whims. Some meditate on light, but real meditation means to concentrate on Krishna.
Page Title: | Real meditation means |
Compiler: | Haya |
Created: | 09 of Dec, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=1, Let=2 |
No. of Quotes: | 4 |