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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Book I (18)
After the exercise of the will has stilled the psychic activities, meditation rests only on the fruit of former meditations.
Bhagavad Gita
Dhyāna Yoga (6.24)
Having abandoned all desires born of the ego-centric will, having restrained the group of senses with mind from all sides, one should attain quietude...
Bhagavad Gita
Bhakti Yoga (12.12)
Than practice (without discrimination) knowledge (derived from the study of the Sastras) is better indeed! than (such) knowledge, meditation is...
Bhagavad Gita
Dhyāna Yoga (6.18)
When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self free from longing for all enjoyments, then one is said to have attained yoga.
Bhagavad Gita
Dhyāna Yoga (6.19)
Just as a lamp in a windless place does not flicker, so the disciplined mind of a yogi remains steady in meditation on the self.
Bhagavad Gita
Dhyāna Yoga (6.15)
Thus the self-controlled Yogi holding the mind in meditation on the Self, attains peace abiding in me which culminates in the highest bliss of...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The Fifth Method of Closing the Womb-Door (34.1-34.2)
Still, even when this is done, if the holding [phenomena] as real remaineth undissolved, the womb- door is not closed; and, if one be ready to enter...
The Secret of the Golden Flower
Mistakes During the Circulation of the Light (2)
When one sets out to carry out one's decision, care must be taken to see that everything can proceed in a comfortable, easy manner. Too much must not...
Bhagavad Gita
Dhyāna Yoga (6.20)
Where the mind rests restrained by the practice of yoga, and where the self seeing the Self is delighted in the Self; and where established, the yogi...
Bhagavad Gita
Sankhya Yoga (2.61)
Having restrained all the senses the harmonized should sit intent on me. His wisdom is steady whose senses are under control.
Katha Upanishad
Sixth Vallī (11)
'This, the firm holding back of the senses, is what is called Yoga. He must be free from thoughtlessness then, for Yoga comes and goes.'
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The Third Method of Closing the Womb-Door (32.9)
Meditating thus, resolve firmly that thou wilt hold on to that [resolution]. It hath been said, in the Tantras, 'The door of the womb will be closed...
The Secret of the Golden Flower
Circulation of the Light and Protection of the Centre (16)
Fixating contemplation is indispensable, it ensures the strengthening of illumination. Only one must not stay sitting rigidly if worldly thoughts...
Bhagavad Gita
Sankhya Yoga (2.65)
When a man attains peace, all sorrow and suffering caused by the unbalanced mind and rebellious senses come to an end. By peace and purity, the mind...
Dhammapada
Chapter XXV: The Bhikshu (Mendicant) (372)
Without knowledge there is no meditation, without meditation there is no knowledge: he who has knowledge and meditation is near unto Nirvâna.
Law of One (Ra Material)
Session 49 (49.8)
Ra: This shall be the last full query of this work time. Each of the two types of meditation is useful for a particular reason.…
Law of One (Ra Material)
Session 61 (61.11)
Ra: This is largely incorrect. The balancing requires a meditative state in order for the work to be done.…
Katha Upanishad
Sixth Vallī (10)
'When the five instruments of knowledge stand still together with the mind, and when the intellect does not move, that is called the highest state.'