The Gita according to Gandhi 272

The Gita according to Gandhi -Mahadev Desai

DISCOURCE 6 20. Where thought curbed by the practice of yoga completely ceases, where a man sits content within himself, Atman having seen Atman; 21. Where he experiences that endless bliss beyond the senses which can be grasped by reason alone; wherein established he swerves not from the Truth; 22. Where he holds no other gain greater than that which he has gained; and where, securely seated, he is not shaken by any calamity however great; 23. That state should be known as yoga (union with the Supreme), the disunion from all union with pain. This yoga must one practice with firm resolve and unwearying zeal. 24. Shaking oneself completely free from longings born of selfish purpose; reining in the whole host of senses, from all sides, with the mind itself; 25. With reason held securely by the will, he should gradually attain calm and with the mind established in Atman think of nothing. 26. Wherever the fickle and unsteady mind wanders, thence should it be reined and brought under the sole sway of Atman.