The Process of Yoga: 5.5. - Swami Krishnananda.
Swami Krishnananda ================================================================================ Wednesday 29, January 2025, 05:30. Yoga and Meditation The Process of Yoga: Swami Krishnananda Chapter 5: The Stages of Practice - 5. ================================================================================ There are certain disciplines which are obligatory, and you cannot escape them. So it is essential to be in a holy atmosphere at least for some period of your life – in a temple or it may be an ashram of monks or sadhaks where these disciplines are natural and spontaneous. And as I mentioned, the subtler aspects have to be made an object of your observation, and you should try to dissociate yourself from even contemplation of objects. While you are physically detached from the objects of your pleasure, you should not simultaneously be thinking of them. Karmendriyani samyama ya aste manasa smaran, indriyarthan vimudhatma mithyacarah sa ucyate (Gita 3.6). Failure is t...