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jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.7 For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained...

jñāna-vijñāna-tṛptātmā kūṭa-stho vijitendriyaḥ yukta ity ucyate yogī sama-loṣṭrāśma-kāñcanaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.8 A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a yogi [or mystic] when he...

suhṛn-mitrāry-udāsīna- madhyastha-dveṣya-bandhuṣu sādhuṣv api ca pāpeṣu sama-buddhir viśiṣyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.9 A person is considered still further advanced when he regards honest well-wishers,...

yogī yuñjīta satatam ātmānaḿ rahasi sthitaḥ ekākī yata-cittātmā nirāśīr aparigrahaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.10 A transcendentalist should always engage his body, mind and self in relationship with the Supreme; he...

śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiram āsanam ātmanaḥ nāty-ucchritaḿ nāti-nīcaḿ cailājina-kuśottaram tatraikāgraḿ manaḥ kṛtvā yata-cittendriya-kriyaḥ upaviśyāsane yuñjyād yogam ātma-viśuddhaye Translation of Bhagavad Gita...

samaḿ kāya-śiro-grīvaḿ dhārayann acalaḿ sthiraḥ samprekṣya nāsikāgraḿ svaḿ diśaś cānavalokayan praśāntātmā vigata-bhīr brahmacāri-vrate sthitaḥ manaḥ saḿyamya mac-citto yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ Translation of Bhagavad...

yuñjann evaḿ sadātmānaḿ yogī niyata-mānasaḥ śāntiḿ nirvāṇa-paramāḿ mat-saḿsthām adhigacchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.15 Thus practicing constant control of the body, mind and activities, the mystic...

nāty-aśnatas tu yogo ’sti na caikāntam anaśnataḥ na cāti-svapna-śīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.16 There is no possibility of one’s becoming a yogi, O Arjuna, if one eats too much or eats too...

yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-ceṣṭasya karmasu yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.17 He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material...

yadā viniyataḿ cittam ātmany evāvatiṣṭhate nispṛhaḥ sarva-kāmebhyo yukta ity ucyate tadā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.18 When the yogi, by practice of yoga, disciplines his mental activities and becomes situated in...