Saturday, June 6, 2020

Srimad Bhagavat Gita commentary chapter 6 verse 3


Chapter 6 verse 3

“For a sage who wishes to attune to yoga, action is said to be the means; for the same sage who has attuned to yoga, inaction is said to be the means”

Action without expecting fruits of the action is the way to bring body, mind and intellect in unison- otherwise called yoga and person who does this would be a yogin. For the person who has accomplished this, they view both action and inaction as one and the same- sama in Sanskrit means mind control or thought control. Krishna says in earlier verse to get to a state of thoughtlessness. In this verse, he says that the yogin reaches that state in which all actions appear as if they are not doing anything and inaction is neither superior nor inferior to action at that point. This verse should not be misconstrued as a self realized yogi doesn’t need to act- just that they drop the doer ship.

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