Bhagavad gita is an encyclopedic text for science. There are more than 40 verses devoted to yoga

Bhagavad gita is an encyclopedic text for science. There are more than 40 verses devoted to yoga. The history of yoga, branches of yoga, the aim and the utility of yoga are all expressed in details.

The word of yoga is widely used in Bhagavadgita. The karma yoga, jnana yoga, bhakti yoga and karma sanyasa yoga is very briefly discussed in details which is mostly accepted by the wiser. The details of bah yoga is also integrated in xii chapter of Srimad bhagavadgita.

Lord Krishna describes to Arjuna about the secret of yoga as follows.

1. Yogic tradition was lost to the world which was known to rajarsis.

2. This yogic knowledge was taught by me to Iksvaku. He thought it to Manu. Course of time people forgot the secret of yoga. Since you are my Best friend I reveal this before you.

3. Krishna taught Arjuna about the jnana yoga, karma yoga, bhakti yoga a finally karma sanyasa yoga.

4. Krishna advised to Arjuna to maintain equanimity of mind which would en him to become free from dvandva (duality) and samsaya (doubt).

5. Finally Krishna tells to Arjuna the absolute self surrender, which is the perfect of bhakti yoga.

6. There is no compartmentalization of jnana, bhakti and karma yoga; rat there is synthesis of them.

The Concept of Yoga in Srimadbhagavadgita (Gita) is the most anicient o The Gita says that every moment of life in Yoga. Sri Aurobindo holds the same VI when he says, “All life in Yoga”. The name of each chapter in the Gita is after you like arjunavisade yoga, Samkhya yoga etc. Lord Krishna says, nobody could st without work.

These works done by prakrti and individual beings are forced to work UN three qualities of sattva, rajas, and tamas. Life and work are synonymous to each both No body can exist even for a moment without Karma. The Karma is performed per the nature of gunas. Again yoga without life is inconceivable and life with yoga is futile. Person is orgy a medium which is designed by the supreme bei that’s why Gita says, “The works done by individual is prompted by prakriti.”

Again the microcosm and the macrocosm yoga of the individual and the universal being is interesting. The Gita hits upon these points quite naturally.

Who sees all in Him and Him in everything I am not lost to him neither He is lost to me.

While persuading Arjuna for the fight in the Mahabharata war lord Krishna discloses the tradition of yoga to him.

This tradition of yoga sutra was impacted by Sri Krishna to Iksvaku and Iksvaku to Manu. But in course of time it was lost which was known to Rajarsis. The rest of the world was quite ignorant of this yoga system. Being moved with love for Arjuna he again reveals to him. But he worns that Yoga sastra is very secret (4/2, 3)

Now who is the right person to enter into the domain of yoga? Where a person is not attached to enjoyment of sensory organs, leaving all the desires, possibility and expectation from one’s deed becomes a yogi.

There are three things necessary for a person to be a yogi.

1) Non – attachment for enjoyment of sensory organs.

2) Non – attachment for the fruits in the work. In other words there are no expectations from any deeds.

3) Throws away all the desires for mundane cause. Worthiness of a person to be a Yogi;

Yoga is not reachable by him who has not controlled / neglected the mind.lt only can be accomplished by the person who has perseverance and regulated mind, The mind is fickle. So how to control it Krishna says it is only by practice and renouncement. (abhyasa and vairagya).

The man is his own enemy who has not controlled his body, senses, mind and the self. But the same self is friend when one has victory over it. There is another dimension of qualification that can do yoga.

If the antahkarana [mind, intellect and ego] of a person is satisfied, the peers contented within (antah kanan mind, intellectual ego), controll over the senses and remains in equanimity, could not distinguish between clay stone and gold is a united being called yoga. The sensory organs who clay, stone and gold, the sloka VI-9 says he could be able to remain in yogic conciousness.

Equanimity is an important feeling. A yogi does not distinguish between friend, foe, neutral, middleman, relatives, holyman and a sinner. How one undergoes a process of yoga sadhana?

1. Body, senses and mind should remain controlled.

2. Remains without any expectation and free from the will to possess materials etc.

3. remains alone in lonely place.

4. Always engaged in uniting atnia with paramatma.

One starts one’s yoga – in a holy and pious place on a kusagrass seat. One can put the skin of antilope and cloth on the skin be expanded. The place should neither be too high nor too low. How to start?

Being seated on the above seat making the action of citta / mind and senses under control concentrating the mind for the purification of antahkanana one should make the practice of yoga.

So what are the steps?

1. To sit on the mentioned above.

2. Control vital being and the impulses of the sensory organs.

3. Concentrate the mind for self purifications How to sit?

1. Make your body, head and neck straight.

2. Being stirrless and steady look to your tip of the nose.

3. Don’t look anywhere else.

What is the qualification required to sit?

1. A person who has silent impulses, mind, intellect and ego.

2. Fearless

3. Careful

4. Controlling mind

5. Mind being attached to God

6. Depending / thinking of non but God.

What happens if does so?

By uniting / connecting soul with God who has already controlled the mi the person attains peace which is derived or as a part of the supreme bliss. What is prohibition for Yoga?

1. Too much intake of food

2. Fasting

3. Excess sleeps

4. Rarely restlessness’

These habits will not enable a person to attain siddhi or the true result of yoga. What is ideal living for a yogi?

There is objective reference to pranayama prana is pured on apana and they both arrest the prana and apana make kumbhaka. This is the habit of pranayama of siddhas.

1. Balanced diet

2. Harmonious movements

3. Regulated and moderate lifestyle.

4. Harmony and endeavour this brings siddhiattainment in yoga.

If one runs to words east, west becomes remote part. Similarly Gita says, if one completely engages one’s fully controlled mind in paramatma then, the detached purusa from all the enjoyments becomes united or yogayukta (VI. 18).

The person can be termed as yogayukta if:

1. He is above the enjoyment by controlling fully one’s mind.

2. He is detached from, enjoyment

3. His mind becomes stirrless

The person who searches happiness in satiating the desires and demands of the sensory organs then he can’t dream of happiness, Happiness lies with the union of God. Absolute bliss is only attained by beyond sensous pleasure, with pure heart and subtle intellect When a yogi attains this he never dwindles from that s of consciousness, the highest height and the widest vision – Gita says,

When he gets the entry to the blissful consciousness of paramatma and doesn’t want any better attainment than this. When he remains in the state paramatma consciousness there he is not purturbed even in the worst worries. Therefore Krisna say how yoga is free from the connection of sorrowful world, should know this in order to be engaged of the highest pleasure.

One should not be impatient in sorrowful condition and enthusiastic to make y sadhana all on a sudden. The practice is not one day business. It may take lie together.

Since Gita is the yogasastra, yet there are many dimensions opened fort yogic knowledge. Mentioned below are some of the important verses containi the word ‘yoga.’