You are here: » Homeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHis Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Leading Exponent of the Science of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in the West and the World’s Most Distinguished Teacher of Vedic Religion and Thought. Author of Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, KṚṢṆA and many other English Versions of Vedic literature. He is the Founder and Spiritual Master of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. » Booksplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBooks by His Divine Grace
Complete works of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. » Perfection of Yogaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Perfection of Yoga
Yoga as Rejected by ArjunaYoga as Work in DevotionYoga as Meditation on KṛṣṇaYoga as Body and Mind ControlYoga as Freedom from Duality and DesignationThe Fate of the Unsuccessful YogīYoga as Reestablishing Relations with KṛṣṇaThe Perfection of Yoga
The Perfection of Yoga
Yoga as Rejected by Arjunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Perfection of Yoga 1: Yoga as Rejected by Arjuna
There have been many yoga systems popularized in the Western world, especially in this century, but none of them have actually taught the perfection of yoga.
Yoga as Work in Devotionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Perfection of Yoga 2: Yoga as Work in Devotion
We have heard the names of so many different yogas and yogīs, but in Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa says that the actual yogī is he who has surrendered himself "fully unto Me."
Yoga as Meditation on Kṛṣṇaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Perfection of Yoga 3: Yoga as Meditation on Kṛṣṇa
Yoga as Meditation on Kṛṣṇa
In India there are sacred places where yogīs go to meditate in solitude, as prescribed in Bhagavad-gītā. Traditionally, yoga cannot be executed in a public place, but insofar as
Yoga as Body and Mind Controlplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Perfection of Yoga 4: Yoga as Body and Mind Control
Yoga as Body and Mind Control
Throughout Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa was encouraging Arjuna to fight, for he was a warrior, and fighting was his duty. Although Kṛṣṇa delineates the meditational
This material world is a world of duality---at one moment we are subjected to the heat of the summer season and at the next moment the cold of winter. Or at one moment we
The Fate of the Unsuccessful Yogīplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Perfection of Yoga 6: The Fate of the Unsuccessful Yogī
The Fate of the Unsuccessful Yogī
It is not that Bhagavad-gītā rejects the meditational yoga process; it recognizes it as a bona fide method, but it further indicates that it is not possible in this age. Thus the subject in the Sixth Chapter of
We have heard many times of the yoga system. The yoga system is approved by Bhagavad-gītā, but the yoga system in Bhagavad-gītā
The Perfection of Yogaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Perfection of Yoga 8: The Perfection of Yoga
The Perfection of Yoga
It is a fact, therefore, that in the progress of the living entity toward the perfection of yoga, birth in a family of yogīs or devotees is a great boon, for such a birth gives one special impetus.