Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yoga – Yoga through Meditation and Contemplation / Verse 28

Krishna excels in extending the inner spiritual felicity to the waking state in full, even in and through varied activities and interactions. Such extension, he says, rests fully upon making the mind taint-free and constriction-free. The mind itself holds the key to it.

While discussing Sthita-prajña and Sthita-dhee, Krishna ended his description by taking the Sthita-prajña immersed in still samadhi (2.55) to the ceaseless, expansive Brahma- sthitiḥ (2.72). He dispensed with the doubt and delusion that spiritual delight is only reserved for those seated in samadhi, stillness. It can at best be the beginning. From there, one should strive for ceaseless delight, Brahma- sthitiḥ. And it is possible indeed for the devout seeker.

Here too he emphasizes the same growth, from the still Self-absorption to the vibrant Braahmic expansion.