SB 11.07.14 – In yoga, Krishna is the master, benedictor, goal and source

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Thank you So Dawa starts speaking to Krishna firstly by glorifying the position of Krishna and he uses four glorifiers all connected with yoga which create a poetically delightful and a philosophically illuminating harmony so yogish you oh lord are the supreme master of yoga yoga vinyasa you are not just the master of yoga but the perfection of yoga which can refer to mystic perfections, the siddhis that the yogis get on their path to transcendence and it ultimately refers to prema because the perfection of yoga as described in the Vatanjali Yoga Sutra one side of it is that yoga’s chitta vritti nirodha that chitta vritti the movement of consciousness nirodha, checking that stopping that that means ending all material movements of consciousness that is the perfection of yoga so that perfection is bestowed by Krishna and beyond, so this is talked about by Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita in the sixth chapter verses 22-23 where he describes yatra uparamate chittam nirodham yoga sevaya uparamate chittam, so chitta freezes all the material movements of consciousness freeze but then Krishna also describes at the end of that chapter 6.47 that the perfection of yoga is, or the topmost yogi is one who fixes the mind on Krishna he says that in 6.47 so one aspect of the perfection of yoga is the cessation of material emotions, that is also arranged by Krishna’s mercy only Vishwachakra Thakur says that even our attraction to matter, no yogic path can give perfection without the role of the mercy of Krishna coming through the process of bhakti but Krishna’s full mercy comes when one practices bhakti yoga with the aspiration of Krishna prema, because then the yoga vinyasa the perfect blessing of yoga is that not just that our mind becomes detached from matter but our mind becomes attached to Krishna and that attachment to Krishna is also the blessing of Krishna it comes by his grace so he is the bestower of this blessing yogatman and it is he who is the soul of yoga that means it is he who is the essence of yoga, it is he who is the person who is to be realized by yoga we fix the mind in Krishna but your Krishna is not just the object of meditation, he is also the objective of meditation now when we fix the mind in Krishna we don’t realize his beauty or glory too much little glimpses we may get but when we attain the perfection of yoga then the infinite glory and beauty of Krishna is revealed and it attracts and captivates us eternally to flood our heart with love and joy for all time to come Krishna is yogatman and then Krishna is yogasambhava sambhava is origin sambhava pralayasthana often these three words are used together to refer to creation destruction and maintenance so whatever mystic powers anyone may have all those mystic powers originate in Krishna in fact all those mystic powers are present in their fullness in Krishna and that’s why Bhagavad Gita also refers to Krishna as Yogeshwara or Mahayogeshwara and whoever has any yogic power they are just glimpses fractions, sparks of Krishna’s supreme yogic power and such a person is fully capable of enlightening us that’s why Uddhava says please speak to me about my long term benefit for my ultimate what is you have explained to me actually saying how to give up the world through the process of sanyasa, so essentially the lord is our greatest benefactor, he is the greatest authority on all subjects and when we want to practice bhakti yoga it is that lord with whom we are coming in contact when we are praying or chanting or meditating and by remembering who is this person, he is Yogesh, he is Yoga Vinyasa he is Yoga Atman he is Yoga Sambhava he is the master, the benedictor the essence and the source of all yogic powers by remembering thus we feel inspired that such a great and potent person I am coming in contact with, let me fix my mind and then my yoga will also attain perfection because I will also develop attraction and love for Krishna by meditating on Krishna and his wonderful extraordinary unique attributes thank you