Yoga - an essential subject

Practicing yoga keeps our bodies fit and healthy. However if we consider the ultimate aim of yoga is to only maintain the body, then we are mistaken. The real perfection of yoga is to free ourselves from material entanglement by connecting our soul with the Supreme Soul. Some yogīs try to elevate their soul to higher planetary systems, where the standard of life is different from that of this planet and where material comforts, life-span and other facilities for self-realization are greater. Some other yogīs endeavor to merge their soul into the Supreme Brahman. The bhakti-yoga process directly elevates the soul to the spiritual planets, where life is eternally blissful and full of knowledge; therefore bhakti-yoga - the yoga of devotion - is considered to be the greatest of all yoga systems.

Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes Yoga category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following 10 quotes.


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Vanipedia has now over 903 introductory articles compiled from Srila Prabhupada's books under the series titled Essential Subjects. All these articles can be seen in the Table of Content on the right side of this article and also here in this Umbrella Category. Browse through them to relish the breadth and depth of Srila Prabhupada's teachings - There is a subject for everyone.


   
 

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