SB 3.28.34

Here it is clearly mentioned that meditation, which is an action of the mind, is not the perfect stage of samadhi or absorption. The mind is, in the beginning, employed to..., in the matter of attracting the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but in the higher stage there is no question of using the mind. Automatically a devotee becomes accustomed to serve the Supreme Lord by purification of his senses. In other words, the yoga principle of meditation is so long required as long as one is not situated in pure devotional service. The mind is used for the purpose of purifying the senses, but when the senses are purified by such actions of meditation, there is no need of sitting at a certain particular place and try to meditate upon the form of the Lord. One becomes so much habituated that he automatically is engaged in the personal service of the Lord. When the mind is forcely engaged in the form of the Lord, it is called nirjiva-yoga, or lifeless yoga, that means the yogi is not automatically accustomed to this…, to such habit. But when the yogi is automatically accustomed to think of the Lord constantly, that is called sajiva-yoga, or living yoga. So one has to be promoted to the platform of living yoga. That means twenty-four hours engaged in the service of the Lord, as it is confirmed in the Brahma-samhita [Bs 5.38], premanjana-cchurita. This stage can be attained by complete development of love-premanjana. Prema means "love" (p-r-e-m-a).

Premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena. When one is fully developed in devotional service to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he always sees, even without attempting, without..., even without meditating artificially to fix up the mind, he sees, he has no other engagement. So when that engagement is already attained, so it is advised that there is no necessity of artificially engaging the mind in such a way. In other words, meditation is the means to come to the standard platform of devotional service. Those who are already engaged in the devotional service, they are above such meditation which is recommended in the lower stage of executing devotional service. This stage of perfection is called Krsna consciousness.