Dhyana Yoga

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11. Having in a cleanly spot established a firm seat, neither too high nor too

low, with cloth, skin and Kusa grass thereon.

 

12. Making the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and the senses

controlled, let him, seated there on the seat, practise Yoga for the

purification of the self.

 

13. Holding erect and still the body, the head and the neck, firm, gazing on the

tip of his nose, without looking around;

 

14. Serene-minded, fearless, firm in the vow of godly life, having restrained

the mind, thinking on Me and balanced let him sit, looking up to Me as the

Supreme.

 

15. Thus always keeping the mind balanced, the Yogin, with the mind controlled,

attains to the Peace abiding in Me, which culminates in Nirvana (moksha).

 

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

at all, nor for him who is addicted to too much sleep, nor for him who is (ever)

wakeful, O Arjuna.

 

17. To him whose food and recreation are moderate, whose exertion in actions is

moderate, whose sleep and waking are moderate, to him accrues Yoga which is

destructive of pain.

 

18. When the well-restrained thought is established in the Self only, without

longing for any of the objects of desire, then he is said to be a Saint.

 

19. 'As a lamp in a sheltered spot does not flicker' - this has been thought as

the simile of a Yogin of subdued thought, practising Yoga in the Self.

 

20. When thought is quiescent, restrained by the practice of Yoga; when, seeing

the Self by the self, he is satisfied in his own Self;

 

to be continued...