Dhyana Yoga

Meditation as the slow work of steadying the mind. The seat, the breath, the gradual narrowing of attention until only the self remains.

All 47 verses below.

Verses

• 6.1Renunciation means acting without needing to own the result.
• 6.2Yoga begins when the mind stops clutching its own agenda.
• 6.3You reach steadiness through action, then preserve it through stillness.
• 6.4Yoga begins when neither pleasure nor action can hook you.
• 6.5Your own inner handling makes you rise or collapse.
• 6.6The same inner nature that frees you can also fight you.
• 6.7Steadiness makes the highest reality feel near in every opposite.
• 6.8True mastery makes gold and dust feel identical.
• 6.9Equal vision toward all people marks the highest steadiness.
• 6.10Steady inward practice begins when desire and possessiveness end.
• 6.11A steady mind begins with a steady seat.
• 6.12Meditation begins by gathering the mind and training the senses.
• 6.13Steady posture is the first gate to a steady mind.
• 6.14A disciplined mind can rest in devotion without fear.
• 6.15A steady mind reaches the peace that restlessness can never touch.
• 6.16Balance makes meditation possible; extremes break it.
• 6.17Balanced living makes inner practice possible.
• 6.18Yoga begins when craving loses its grip and the mind comes home.
• 6.19A trained mind becomes steady enough to stop flickering.
• 6.20Stillness reveals a completeness that no outside thing can improve.
• 6.21True joy is deeper than sensation and keeps you from wavering.
• 6.22True fulfillment leaves nothing more to chase and nothing strong enough to unsettle you.
• 6.23Yoga is the breaking of suffering’s grip, practiced steadily.
• 6.24Desire loses power when the mind stops feeding it.
• 6.25Stillness comes by degrees when the mind stops feeding itself.
• 6.26The mind is mastered by repeated return, not by force.
• 6.27Joy comes when the restless mind finally becomes still.
• 6.28Repeated union with the supreme reality yields effortless, lasting joy.
• 6.29Equal vision dissolves the illusion of separation.
• 6.30Seeing the divine everywhere ends separation.
• 6.31Unity turns every action into abiding presence.
• 6.32Equal vision makes you unshaken by pleasure or pain.
• 6.33Restlessness makes even clear teaching feel unreachable.
• 6.34The mind resists control like wind resists the hand.
• 6.35A restless mind is not a verdict; it is a training ground.
• 6.36Yoga becomes reachable when the mind is trained, not merely hoped for.
• 6.37Faith without completion still deserves a clear answer.
• 6.38Half-finished striving can feel like total ruin.
• 6.39Only clear seeing can end confusion completely.
• 6.40Sincere effort toward the good cannot end in ruin.
• 6.41A fall from yoga still carries you forward.
• 6.42A fallen practitioner is not lost; the next birth can restart the work.
• 6.43Nothing gained in sincere practice is ever truly lost.
• 6.44Earlier practice keeps pulling you forward, even against resistance.
• 6.45Persistent striving eventually ripens into the highest fulfillment.
• 6.46Inner mastery outranks every outer path.
• 6.47Trusting devotion is the highest integration of yoga.