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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -6
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12. there, seated on the seat, making the mind onepointed, and subduing the actions of the imagining faculty and the senses, let him practise yoga for the purification of the self. there, seated on that seat, let him practise Yoga. How? Making the mind one-pointed, after withdrawing it from all sense objects, and subduing the actions of the imagining faculty ("citta") and the senses. Why should he practise Yoga? The answer is: for the purification of the self, the antah-karana, the inner faculty, namely the mind. The external seat has been described; now the posture in which the body should be held is being stated: |
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