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Different yoga practices for
different yugas

kåte yad dhyäyato viñëuà

tretäyäà yajato makhaiù
dväpare paricaryäyäà
kalau tad dhari-kértanät
Çrémad-Bhägavatam 12.3.52
 Satya yuga
Meditation on Lord Visnu

Treta yuga
Performing sacrifices

Dvapara yuga
Elaborate temple worship
 Kali yuga
(The present age)

Chanting the holy

names of the Lord
dväparéyair janair viñëuù
païcarätrais tu kevalaiù
kalau tu näma-mätreëa
püjyate bhagavän hariù
Näräyaëa-saàhitä
 “In the age of Kali, people
should simply chant the holy
names of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.”
Näräyaëa-saàhitä
hare kåñëa hare kåñëa
kåñëa kåñëa hare hare
hare räma hare räma
räma räma hare hare

iti ñoòaçakaà nämnäà

kali-kalmaña-näçanaà
nätaù parataropäyaù
sarva-vedeñu dåçyate
Kali-santaraëa Upaniñad
 “After searching through all
the Vedic literatures, one
cannot find a method of
religion more sublime for this
age than the chanting of the
maha mantra.”
Kali-santaraëa Upaniñad
 harer näma harer näma
harer nämaiva kevalam
kalau nästy eva nästy eva
nästy eva gatir anyathä
Båhan-näradéya Puräëa
 “In this age of quarrel and
hypocrisy, the only means of
deliverance is the chanting of the
holy names of the Lord. There is
no other way. There is no other
way. There is no other way.”
Båhan-näradéya Puräëa
 kaler doña-nidhe räjann
asti hy eko mahän guëaù
kértanäd eva kåñëasya
mukta-saìgaù paraà vrajet
Çrémad-Bhägavatam (12.3.51)
“My dear King, although Kali
yuga is full of faults, there is
still one good quality about
this age.
Çrémad-Bhägavatam (12.3.51)
 Simply by chanting the maha
mantra, one can become free
from material bondage and be
promoted to the transcendental
kingdom.”
Çrémad-Bhägavatam (12.3.51)
 yajïänäà japa-yajïo ’smi

“Of sacrifices, I am
the chanting
of the holy names (japa).”
Bhagavad-gétä 10.25
 yoginām api sarveṣāṁ
mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā
śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ
sa me yuktatamo mataḥ

Bhagavad - gétä 6.47

Bhagavad-gita 6.34
And of all yogīs, he who always abides in Me with great
faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is
most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest
of all.
Bhagavad - gétä 6.47

Bhagavad-gita 6.34