Yoga Under Duress
Krishna's Mercy
- "Yoga
- Under
- Duress"
- is
- a
- collection
- of
- essays
- describing
- bhakti-yoga,
- the
- science
- of
- self-realization,
- and
- Krishna
- consciousness
- based
- off
- select
- verses
- from
- sacred
- Vedic
- texts
- like
- Bhagavad-gita,
- Ramayana,
- Chaitanya
- Charitamrita,
- and
- others.
- Estimated
- length
- of
- 246
- pages."If
- one
- is
- engaged
- in
- the
- advancement
- of
- spiritual
- knowledge,
- there
- will
- be
- so
- many
- insults
- and
- much
- dishonor
- from
- others.
- This
- is
- expected
- because
- material
- nature
- is
- so
- constituted.
- Even
- a
- boy
- like
- Prahlada,
- who,
- only
- five
- years
- old,
- was
- engaged
- in
- the
- cultivation
- of
- spiritual
- knowledge,
- was
- endangered
- when
- his
- father
- became
- antagonistic
- to
- his
- devotion."
- (Shrila
- Prabhupada,
- Bhagavad-gita,
- 13.8-12 Purport)
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