On the occasion of the International Yoga Day 2019, lets reflect on what is the Vision of Yoga according to the 18 chapters of Srimad Bhagavad Gita:
Chapter 1:
Yoga is control and purity of the senses. Tatah shvetair hayair yuktehe (1.14)
Yoga is control and purity of the senses. Tatah shvetair hayair yuktehe (1.14)
Chapter 2:
Yoga is a higher selfless ideal in which one must establish oneself and act. Yogasthah kuru karmani. 2.48
Yoga is a higher selfless ideal in which one must establish oneself and act. Yogasthah kuru karmani. 2.48
Yoga is equanimity of mind. Samattvam Yoga Uchyate. (2.48)
Yoga is Dexterity in action. Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam. (2.50)
Yoga is stillness of the mind and beyond. Samadhaavachala budhihi tadaa yogam avaapsyasi. (2.53)
Yoga is stillness of the mind and beyond. Samadhaavachala budhihi tadaa yogam avaapsyasi. (2.53)
Chapter 3:
Yoga is selfless action through the senses of action. karmendriyaihi karmayogam asaktah sa vishishyate (3.7)
Yoga is selfless action through the senses of action. karmendriyaihi karmayogam asaktah sa vishishyate (3.7)
Yoga is dynamic enthusiasm in all actions. joshayet sarvakarmani vidvaan yuktah samaacharan (3.26)
Chapter 4:
Yoga is there since the beginning of creation. The Lord is the source of All Yogas. Imam vivasvate yogam proktavaanahamavyayam (4.1)
Yoga is clarity in thinking and doubtless knowledge. Chittvainam samshayam yogam aatishthottishtha bhaarata (4.42)
Chapter 5:
Yoga is contemplation. Ekam saankyam ca yogam ca yah pashyati sa pashyati (5.5)
Yoga is detachment from results. Yuktah karmaphalam tyaktva shantim aapnoti naishthikim. (5.12)
Yoga is detachment from results. Yuktah karmaphalam tyaktva shantim aapnoti naishthikim. (5.12)
Chapter 6:
Yoga is Moderation in food, exercise, work, sleep & spiritual practices. Yukta-ahara-viharasya Yukta-chestasya-karmasu Yukta svapa-avabodhasya Yogo bhavati dukhahaa (6.17)
Yoga is a divorce from our wedlock to sorrow. Dukha-samyoga-viyoga yoga samjnitam (6.23)
Yoga is great will power, consistent effort and determination(in Contemplation). Sa nischayena yoktavyaha yogo anirvinnachetasaa (6.23)
Chapter 7:
Yoga is contemplation based on surrender and taking refuge in the Lord mayyasakta-manaah paartha yogam yunjan madaashrayaha(7.1)
Chapter 8:
Yoga is single-pointed devotion to the Supreme. ananyacetaah satatam yo maam smarati nityashaha tasyaaham sulabhah paartha nitya-yuktasya yoginaha (8.14)
Chapter 9:
Yoga is the state of Absolute Non-duality. Na ca matsthani bhutani pashya me yogam aishvaram (9.5)
Chapter 10:
Yoga is the Essential Omnipotence of the Lord. Etaam vibhutim yogamca mama yo vetti tattvataha(10.7)
Chapter 11:
Yoga is developing a Divine Vision with the Grace of the Lord. Divyam dadami te chakshuhu pashya me yogam aishvaram (11.8)
Chapter 12:
Yoga is striving with self-control and determination based on contentment. Santushtah satatam yogi yataatmaa drdhanishchayaha(12.14)
Chapter 13:
Yoga is uniting with the Lord through steady contemplation or witnesshood or selfless action. Dyanena aatmani pashyanti kechit aatmaanam aatmanaa. anye sankyena yogena karma yogena chaapare (13.24)
Chapter 14:
Yoga is unwavering devotion to the Lord alone. Maam ca yo avyabhicharena bhakti-yogena sevate (14.26)
Yoga is unwavering devotion to the Lord alone. Maam ca yo avyabhicharena bhakti-yogena sevate (14.26)
Chapter 15:
Yoga is diligence and discrimination to see the Self within. yatanto yoginascha enam pashyanti atmani avasthitam(15.11)
Chapter 16:
Yoga is application and abidance in knowledge. Abhayam sattvasamshudhihi jnana-yoga-vyavasthitihi(16.1)
Chapter 17:
Yoga is non-hankering after the fruits of action. aphalaakaankshibhir yuktaihi sattvikam parichakshate(17.17)
Chapter 18:
Yoga is fortitude born out of single-pointedness, sense and mind-control. yogena-avabhichaarinyaa dhritih saa paartha saatviki(18.33)
Yoga is fortitude born out of single-pointedness, sense and mind-control. yogena-avabhichaarinyaa dhritih saa paartha saatviki(18.33)
Yoga is revealed by the Lord Himself who is the Yogeshawara. Yogam yogeshvarat krishnaat saakshaat kathayatah svayam(18.75)
Where there is dynamic man of action like Arjuna(each of us) and the Grace of Yogeshvarah Sri Krishna, there success, prosperity and fame are assured.
May we strive to live the True Timeless Vision of Yoga and ensure that the essence of Yoga is not lost in the adaptations and applications for modern life.
