Bhagavad Gita -Sivananda 144

Arjuna wishes to know the fate of the aspirant who fails to realise the Supreme in spite of his faith and sincerity. Krishna tells him that the accumulated power of his Yogic practices will assure him a better birth in the future, with more favourable conditions for Sadhana. The aspirant will then be compelled to carry on his Yogic practices with greater vigour and faith and will finally achieve God-realisation.

Krishna concludes that the Yogi—one who has attained union with the Supreme Lord—is superior to the ascetics, to the men of book knowledge and the men of action, as the latter have not transcended ignorance and merged in the Self.

Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha

Anaashritah karmaphalam kaaryam karma karoti yah;
Sa sannyaasi cha yogee cha na niragnirna chaakriyah.

The Blessed Lord said

1. He who performs his bounden duty without depending on the fruits of his actions—he is a
Sannyasin and a Yogi, not he who is without fire and without action.

	Introduction	1
	Gita Mahatmya	7
1.	The Yoga of the Despondency of Arjuna	18
2.	Sankhya Yoga	5
3.	The Yoga of Action	80
4.	The Yoga of Wisdom	102
5.	The Yoga of Renunciation of Action	126
6.	The Yoga of Meditation	142
7.	The Yoga of Wisdom and Realisation	170
8.	The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman	188
9.	The Yoga of the Kingly Science & the Kingly Secret	207
10.	The Yoga of the Divine Glories	227
11.	The Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form	252
12.	The Yoga of Devotion	285
13.	The Yoga of Distinction Between The Field & the Knower of the Field	298
14.	The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas	319
15.	The Yoga of the Supreme Spirit	336
16.	The Yoga of the Division Between the Divine and the Demoniacal	349
17.	The Yoga of the Division of the Threefold Faith	364
18.	The Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation	381

Bhagavad Gita -Sivananda 144

Contents

Bhagavad Gita -Swami Sivananda

Chapter-6 : THE YOGA OF MEDITATION

Summary of Sixth Discourse

References and Context

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