Bhagavadgita -Radhakrishnan 159

The Bhagavadgita -S. Radhakrishnan

CHAPTER 6 The True Yoga The qualities demanded for the practice of Yoga may be compared with the three Evangelical counsels of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience by which we overcome the world, the flesh and the devil The negative process of bnnging all thoughts to a standstill has for Its positive side, concentration on the Self isvarapranidhana is a recognized way in yoga discipline. The mind becomes still but not vacant, for it is fixed on the Supreme maccittah matbarah. Only the single-visioned see the Real. Spiritual life is not prayer or petition. It is profound devoutness, silent meditation, the opening of the consciousness to the innermost depths of the soul, which connect the individual self directly with the Divine Principle. Those who learn this art do not require any external assistance, any belief in dogma or participation in ritual. They acquire the creative vision since they combine absorption with detachment. They act in the world, but the passionless tranquillity of the spirit remains undisturbed. They are compared to the lotus on the lake which is unruffled by the tide.