The Philosophy of the Bhagavadgita - 10.9. Swami Krishnananda.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, May 25, 2021. 06:42. PM. Chapter - 10 : Forms of Sacrifice and Concentration-9. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The posture we maintain in the body also should be such that there should not be any kind of ache or pain felt in the system. Suppose we are seated in padmasana, or sukhasana, or any such asana for the purpose of meditation, we should not feel pain in the knee, or the back, etc. Then that posture would not be suitable. One is a master of oneās own self, and we can choose our own posture. Patanjali is generous when he says that the posture to be maintained for the purpose of meditation is any one, provided it is comfortable. He does not speak of padmasana, siddhasana, and all that. Any comfortable postureācomfortable in the sense that it does not distract our attention and does not compel u...