The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
The Method 12-15
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 6 - Dhyana Yoga - Sloka 14
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| Bali Maharaj & Vamana Avatara |
If there be any trace of mentation while in meditation, how does the yogi engage that pacified mind? the blissful brooding is now dilated upon-
Prashant atma vigam tabhih brahma chari vrate sthitah I
Shantim nirvana paramam mad samstham adhigachati II sloka 14
प्रशान्त आत्मा विगं तभिः ब्रह्म चारि व्रते स्थितः ।
मनः संयम्य मद्चित्तः युक्तः आसीत मत्परः ।। श्लोक १४
Serene and fearless, firm in the vow of a Brahmachari, subdued in mind, he should sit in yoga thinking on Me and intent on Me alone.
That mind is said to be serene, which is as placid as a rippleless lake. As there is in the yogi a heroic deliberation to train the mind this way, fear finds no place in him. He is a brahmachari who, untouched by lust, is pure as a baby in thought, word and deed. As his mind has not been allowed to become satanic, subjugation of the mind is a matter of course with him. No two conflicting things simultaneously occupy one's mind. The yogi's mind is dedicated to serve and commune with paramatman only. He is therefore intent on Iswara.
When a person observes the vow of Brahmacharya rigidly for 12 years he develops a new sensory nerve called Medhanadi. It is the intuitive faculty. Intricate and knotty problems of life are no problems to him. That penetrating faculty makes it possible for him to intuit Iswara as well, it being the acme of enlightenment.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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