Topic

Mind-control

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on mind-control. Explore teachings across 2 chapters.

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Chapter 5 • Verse 26 →The Yoga of Renunciation
Kama-krodha-vimuktanam yatinam yata-cetasam, abhito brahma-nirvanam vartate vidithatmanam

For the ascetics who are free from desire and anger, who have controlled their minds, and who have realized the Self — Brahman-nirvana is close on all sides. Freedom from desire and anger is the gateway to the omnipresent peace of Brahman.

  • •Freedom from desire and anger opens the door to Brahman
  • •Self-realization places Brahman-nirvana within immediate reach
  • •Mind-control and Self-knowledge together ensure liberation
desire-freeanger-freeBrahman-nirvanaSelf-realization
Chapter 6 • Verse 15 →The Yoga of Meditation
Yunjann evam sadatmanam yogi niyata-manasah, shantim nirvana-paramam mat-samstham adhigacchati

Ever disciplining the self thus, the yogi with controlled mind attains the peace of nirvana, supreme peace, which abides in Me. The culmination of meditation practice is this supreme peace — not a temporary calm but the nirvana that rests permanently in the Divine.

  • •Consistent practice of meditation yields supreme and lasting peace
  • •Nirvana-peace is not mere absence of disturbance but union with the Divine
  • •Mind-control is the instrument; supreme peace is the fruit
nirvanasupreme peacemeditationunion with Divine