Browsing the "Yoga" Category

Just what is Samadhi?

May 8th, 2026 | by Madhudvisa dasa

The stage of perfection is called trance, or samadhi, when one's mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice of yoga

Krishna consciousness is Yoga in Action

May 7th, 2026 | by Madhudvisa dasa

When the yogi disciplines his mental activities and becomes situated in Transcendence--devoid of all material desires--he is said to have attained yoga.

The Real Goal of Yoga

May 2nd, 2026 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Yoga is not meant for attaining any kind of material benefit or siddhi. It is not for improving one's health and not even to make the mind peaceful.

Meditational Yoga — The Prerequisites

April 30th, 2026 | by Madhudvisa dasa

To practice yoga one should go to a sacred place and lay kusa-grass covered with deerskin on the ground. The seat should neither be too high nor too low

Living Alone in a Secluded Place?

April 28th, 2026 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Not many of us can go and live in the Himalayas or on the banks of the Ganges and even these places are no longer as sanctified as they once were.

Yoga For The New Century

April 4th, 2026 | by Gadadhara das

In order to fully understand what yoga really is let’s look into the ancient Vedas where the true science of yoga is taught. “Veda” means knowledge

The importance of Hearing about Krishna

November 3rd, 2025 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Different types of yoga are steppingstones on the path of Krishna consciousness. One who takes directly to Krishna consciousness knows about yoga in full

A Regulated Life is Very Important

November 1st, 2025 | by Madhudvisa dasa

If we want to become Krishna conscious we have to live a regulated life. We can not eat too much or too little or sleep too much or too little.

Krishna Assures Arjuna that he is the greatest yogi

October 4th, 2025 | by Madhudvisa dasa

A transcendentalist does not meet with destruction either in this world or in the spiritual world; one who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil

Arjuna could not practice Meditational Yoga

September 22nd, 2025 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Yoga is impractical me, for the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and strong, O Krishna, and to subdue it is more difficult than controlling the wind

How I Found A Real Yoga Teacher

July 13th, 2025 | by

He was a sannyasi hatha-yoga teacher and had been running a yoga center for thirteen years in New York City then he left it all for Krishna consciousness

Yoga and Meditation on the Self Within

June 26th, 2025 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Can meditation solve everyday problems? Is there life after death? Can drugs help us achieve self-realization? Srila Prabhupada discusses with a reporter

My View on Hatha-Yoga and Raja-Yoga

May 14th, 2025 | by

I am surprised at the condemnation of other methods of Yoga, especially Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga. Are these methods not as divine as BHAKTI Yoga

Krishna Consciousness–The Yoga for the Modern Age

April 11th, 2025 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Nowadays, we find yoga being taught in numerous courses and touted in mass-market books as a means to achieve health, lose weight, develop mental powers over others, achieve success in making money, or increase sexual potency. But real yoga is something entirely different