Bhagavad Gita - Adhyay 6 - The yoga of meditation (Dhyaan Yog) - Post 7

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In the 6th chapter of Bhagavad Gita, Shri Krishna explains the posture of true Sanyasi, who works without attachment. 

When knowledge and renunciation increases for Karma-Yoga that stage is called as Jnana yoga which is related to meditation by different physical processes and the mind is fixed on the supreme called Ashtanga-Yoga or Dhyana-Yoga.

In the Karma-Yoga, a person is required to renounce their own selfish will. People may let themselves be governed by their mind, body and senses instead of controlling them. 

Anyone who wants to practice Yoga, he/she must master the practice of meditation, which includes sitting on clean floor, covering self with full clothes, concentrating on a single object by keeping posture straight and being moderate in sleeping and eating. This brings peace and clams mind down. 

This practice of Yoga makes a person free from sorrow. In the return Arjun asked Shri Krishna "how the mind can be quieted? as it is as hard to control wind". Shri Krishna answered - "It is difficult but it can be achieved by self-restraint and self discipline". Shri Krishna also reassures him that if a person is not self disciplined but has faith and has self-confidence, then such type of a person is not lost. One goodness will perpetuate in more goodness, but a person with no self discipline may also eventually find peace and the ultimate goal of his life.

Further Arjun said that the most difficult part in practicing Yoga is controlling the mind, as he knows that the strength and weakness of his mind are restlessness, unsteadiness and strong nature. This expresses his inability to practice Yoga. Shri Krishna said that one can overcome this by constant practice and determination. A person who will be unsuccessful in his practice will take birth in a family of wise transcendentalists and automatically attracts the principle of Yogis. 

Finally Shri Krishna explains in the last two verses of this chapter, that the Yogi is always greater than the ascetic(Tapasvi), which means Jnani and Karmi. The ultimate goal of Ashtanga-Yoga is achieved by Bhakti-Yoga which involves engaging mind, body, soul and senses. All the Yogis see Shri Krishna as the super soul that is Paramatma.

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