Path of Meditation
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The Blessed Lord said: He who performs his bounden duty without depending on the...

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Do you, O Arjuna, know that Yoga is what they call renunciation; no one indeed b...

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For a sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; for the...

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When a person is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounc...

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One should raise oneself by one's own self alone; let not one lower oneself; for...

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The Self is the friend of the self of him by whom the Self has been conquered; b...

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The Supreme Self of him who is self-controlled and peaceful remains balanced in ...

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The Yogi who is satisfied with the knowledge and wisdom of the Self, who has con...

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He who is of the same mind towards the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indif...

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Let the yogi constantly strive to keep the mind steady, remaining in solitude, a...

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In a clean spot, having established a firm seat of his own, neither too high nor...

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There, having made the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and senses...

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Let him firmly hold his body, head, and neck erect and still, gazing at the tip ...

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Serene-minded, fearless, firm in the vow of a Brahmachari, having controlled the...

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Thus, always keeping the mind balanced, the yogi, with the mind controlled, atta...

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Verily, Yoga is not possible for him who eats too much, nor for him who does not...

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Yoga becomes the destroyer of pain for him who is moderate in eating and recreat...

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When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self alone, free from longing fo...

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As a lamp placed in a windless spot does not flicker, so is the Yogi of a contro...

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When the mind, restrained by the practice of yoga, attains quietude, and when on...

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When he (the Yogi) feels that infinite bliss which can be grasped by the pure in...

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Having obtained it, he thinks there is no other gain superior to it; established...

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Let this be known by the name of Yoga, the severance from union with pain. This ...

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Abandoning unreservedly all desires born of Sankalpa (thought and imagination) a...

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Little by little, let him attain steadiness of the intellect by holding it firml...

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From whatever cause the restless and unsteady mind wanders away, let him restrai...

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Supreme Bliss indeed comes to this Yogi whose mind is made peaceful, whose passi...

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The yogi, always engaging the mind thus (in the practice of yoga), is freed from...

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With the mind harmonized by Yoga, he sees the Self abiding in all beings and all...

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He who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, never becomes separated fro...

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He who, being established in unity, worships Me, who dwells in all beings, that ...

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He who, through the likeness of the Self, O Arjuna, sees reality everywhere, be ...

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Arjuna said, "O Krishna, I do not see how this Yoga of equanimity, which you hav...

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The mind is indeed restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding, O Krishna; I con...

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The Blessed Lord said, "Undoubtedly, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the mind is difficul...

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I think Yoga is hard to be attained by one with an uncontrolled self, but the se...

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Arjuna said, "He who is unable to control himself, even though he has faith, and...

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Fallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-ar...

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O Krishna, please completely dispel this doubt of mine, for it is not possible f...

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The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, neither in this world nor in the next will the...

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Having attained to the worlds of the righteous and having dwelt there for everla...

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Or he is born in a family of even the wisest of yogis; verily, such a birth is v...

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Then he comes into contact with the knowledge acquired in his former body and st...

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By that same former practice, he is borne on in spite of himself. Even he who me...

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But the Yogi who strives assiduously, purified of sins and perfected gradually o...

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The yogi is thought to be superior to the ascetics, even superior to those who h...

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And among all the Yogis, he who, full of faith and with his inner self merged in...