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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Book I (35)
Faithful, persistent application to any object, if completely attained, will bind the mind to steadiness.
Bhagavad Gita
Jnana Yoga (4.39)
He obtains wisdom who is full of faith, who is devoted to it, and who has subdued the senses. Having obtained wisdom, he ere long attains to the...
Bhagavad Gita
Sankhya Yoga (2.48)
Steadfast in devotion do thy works, O Dhananjaya, casting off attachment, being the same in success and failure. Evenness is called Yoga.
Bhagavad Gita
Sankhya Yoga (2.61)
Restraining them all, a man should remain steadfast, intent on Me. His knowledge is steady whose senses are under control.
Bhagavad Gita
Karma Sanyāsa Yoga (5.12)
The steady-minded one, abandoning the fruit of action, attains the peace born of devotion. The unsteady one, attached to the fruit through the action...
The Path of Light
Chapter 8: The Perfect Contemplation (1)
WHEN thus vigour has been nurtured, it is well to fix the thought in concentred effort; the man of wandering mind lies between the fangs of the...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter VII: What Sort of Prayer the Gnostic Employs, and How It iS Heard By God. (28)
But in the case of those in whom there is still a heavy corner, leaning downwards, even that part which has been elevated by faith is dragged down. In...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 24: Of True Repentance: How the poor Sinner may come to God again in his Covenant, and how he may be released of his Sins. The Gate of the Justification of a poor Sinner before God. A clear Looking-Glass. (27)
Beloved Mind, if thou hast a Desire to this Way, and wouldst attain it, and the noble Virgin in the Tree of Pearl, then thou must use great...
Bhagavad Gita
Sankhya Yoga (2.53)
When thy mind, perplexed by what thou hast heard, shall stand firm and steady in the Self, then wilt thou attain Yoga.
Bhagavad Gita
Mokṣha Sanyāsa Yoga (18.33)
The firmness which is ever accompanied by Yoga, and by which the activities of thought, of life-breaths and sense-organs, O Pârtha, are held fast,...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The First Method of Closing the Womb-Door (30.7)
Whatever thou desirest will come to pass. Think not upon evil actions which might turn the course [of thy mind]. Remember thy [spiritual]...
Bhagavad Gita
Dhyāna Yoga (6.26)
By whatever cause the wavering and unsteady mind wanders away, from that let him restrain it and bring it back direct under the control of the Self.
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 24: Of True Repentance: How the poor Sinner may come to God again in his Covenant, and how he may be released of his Sins. The Gate of the Justification of a poor Sinner before God. A clear Looking-Glass. (30)
Thou must continue steadfast in this resolute Purpose; and though thou gettest no Virtue [or Strength] into thy Heart, and though the Devil also...
Bhagavad Gita
Dhyāna Yoga (6.22)
When, having obtained it, he thinks no other acquisition superior to it; when, therein established, he is not moved even by a great pain;
Theologia Germanica
Chapter XXII (22.3)
The second is, a copy or ensample by which thou mayest learn. The third is to give earnest heed to the master, and watch how he worketh, and to be obe...
Dhammapada
Chapter III: Thought (35)
It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in and flighty, rushing wherever it listeth; a tamed mind brings happiness.
Dhammapada
Chapter XVII: Anger (226)
Those who are ever watchful, who study day and night, and who strive after Nirvâna, their passions will come to an end.
Bhagavad Gita
Bhakti Yoga (12.9)
If thou art unable to fix thy thought steadily on Me, then by yoga of constant practice do thou seek to reach Me, O Dhananjaya.
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching (45)
Who thinks his great achievements poor Shall find his vigour long endure. Of greatest fulness, deemed a void, Exhaustion ne'er shall stem the tide....
Bhagavad Gita
Rāja Vidyā Yoga (9.34)
Fix thy mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. Thus steadied, with Me as thy Supreme Goal, thou shalt reach Myself, the Self.
Bhagavad Gita
Dhyāna Yoga (6.35)
The Blessed Lord said: Doubtless, O mighty-armed, the mind is hard to restrain and restless; but by practice, O son of Kunti, and by indifference it...
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