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Dhyana Yoga · The Yoga of Meditation
Bhagavad Gita 6.3-4
Sanskrit
आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते । योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते ॥6.3॥यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते । सर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते ॥6.4॥
Transliteration
ārurukṣormuneryogaṃ karma kāraṇamucyate | yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇamucyate ‖6.3‖ yadā hi nendriyārtheṣu na karmasvanuṣajjate | sarvasaṅkalpasaṃnyāsī yogārūḍhastadocyate ‖6.4‖
Meaning
“For the sage who wishes to ascend to yoga, action is said to be the means; for one who has ascended, serenity is said to be the means. When one is attached neither to sense-objects nor to actions, having renounced all selfish intentions, then one is said to have ascended to yoga.”
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Theme: The Yoga of Meditation
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