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Yoga through the

Eyes of Krishna – 1

SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDA

he words ‘meditation’ and the English word ‘yoke’ has
T‘yoga’ are very popular. come originally from the word
People talk about meditation in ‘yoga’!
seminars, conferences, courses When we say ‘to join’, the
for the management cadre and next logical question is, “What
so on. However, meditation in should we join with what?”
that context is to make a person There have to be two entities
more productive, not to enable involved, for example: I am
him to gain Self-realization. In going to join medical college.
the same way, ‘yoga’ is gene- The river joins the ocean at this
rally used to refer to physical place. And ‘join’ also implies
postures and exercises that that the two are separate and
enable a person to gain a not connected yet.
healthy body. The word ‘yoga’
is actually derived from the The Limited Individual
verbal root ‘yuj’, which means
‘to join’ or ‘to connect’. I think In Vedanta, we talk about the
joining of the individual being
with the Supreme. Let us first
From the talks given in Hong Kong from try to understand the nature of
October 11 to 13, 2016. the individual entity, that is,

For a seeker who has given up his
SMT. SUNEETHA & body-chariot entirely to the supreme
DR. R.L. UMASHANKAR control of the divine Charioteer,
even disaster spells success.
Davangere
Swami Chinmayananda

Tapovan Prasad 15 April 2018