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Tranquility

3 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on tranquility. Explore teachings across 1 chapter.

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Chapter 6 • Verse 7 →The Yoga of Meditation
Jitatmanah prasantasya paramatma samahitah, shitoshna-sukha-duhkheshu tatha manapamanayoh

One who has conquered the mind has already reached the Supreme Self, for they have attained tranquility. To such a person, happiness and distress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same.

  • •Mental conquest leads to supreme peace
  • •Equanimity in all conditions
  • •Transcending dualities
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Chapter 6 • Verse 14 →The Yoga of Meditation
Prashantatma vigata-bhir brahmachari-vrate sthitah, manah samyamya maccitto yukta asita mat-parah

With a tranquil mind, free from fear, established in the vow of celibacy, having controlled the mind, let the yogi sit absorbed in Me, with Me as the supreme goal. Tranquility, fearlessness, brahmacharya, and mind-control are the qualities of the meditator who rests in the Divine.

  • •Tranquility and fearlessness are natural outcomes of genuine practice
  • •Brahmacharya conserves vital energy for spiritual realization
  • •Making the Divine the supreme goal focuses and deepens meditation
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Chapter 6 • Verse 27 →The Yoga of Meditation
Prasanta-manasam hy enam yoginam sukham uttamam, upaiti shanta-rajasam brahma-bhutam akalmasham

The highest happiness comes to the yogi whose mind has become tranquil, whose passion has quieted, who has become one with Brahman, and who is free from all impurity. Tranquility — not excitement or pleasure — is the medium in which the highest happiness arises.

  • •Supreme happiness arises only in the tranquil mind
  • •Quieting rajas (passion) is a prerequisite for Brahman-union
  • •Freedom from impurity and Brahman-identification are inseparable
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