Reflections for the Soul: Pearls of Vedic Wisdom Reflections for the Soul: Pearls of Vedic Wisdom | Page 157

Yoga
The haöha-yoga system is meant for controlling the five kinds of
air encircling the pure soul by different kinds of sitting postures—
not for any material profit, but for liberation of the minute soul
from the entanglement of the material atmosphere.
- BG 2:17, purport -
Perform your duty equipoised, O Arjuna, abandoning all attach-
ment to success or failure. Such equanimity is called yoga.
- BG 2:48 -
Yoga means to concentrate the mind
upon the Supreme by controlling the
ever-disturbing senses.
- BG 2:48, purport -
A man engaged in devotional service rids himself of both good and
bad actions even in this life. Therefore strive for yoga, which is the
art of all work. - BG 2:50 -
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