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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -6
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10. The yoga should constantly practise concentra tion of mind, retiring into solitude, alone, with mind and body controlled, free from desire and possession. The yogi, the man of meditation, should constantly practise concentration of mind (ātmā = antah-karana), retiring into solitude in a mountain-cave and the like, alone, without any assistant; - by these attributes, 'retiring into solitude' and 'alon', it is meant that he should take to samiryasa, renunciation; - With mind and body (ātmā) controlled, free from desire, i.e. wish, and possession. Even after taking to samnyāsa. he should practise (Dhyāna-) yoga, abandoning all possessions. Now then, it is necessary to state what precepts a person practising (Dhyāna-) yoga should follow, as aids to it, in the matter of sitting, recreation, and the like; what the marks of the person who has attained to (that) yoga are; what the effects of yoga are; and other such matters. With this object, the Lord commences (this section). The mode of sitting, which is the first[1], is being described: |
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References and Context
- ↑ In accordance with the aphorism ' āsinas-sambhavāt'. (Br.Sū-W-1.7). (A)