What does Bhagavad Gita chapter 6 teach? Chapter 6, Dhyana Yoga, has 47 verses. Its main teaching: The mind can be trained through practice and detachment.
Summary
This is the Gita’s practical chapter on meditation: a clean place, a steady seat, a still gaze, and moderation in food and sleep. The settled mind is like a lamp in a windless place. Arjuna says the mind is as hard to hold as the wind. Krishna agrees, and says practice and detachment will do it. No sincere effort on this path is ever wasted.
The main teaching
Sources
- The Bhagavad Gita, in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. Verse numbers follow the usual 700-verse count.
Bring the Gita home
A learned pandit can recite the Gita in your home, for a blessing, an anniversary or in memory of a loved one.
Questions devotees ask us
How many verses are in chapter 6 of the Bhagavad Gita?
Chapter 6, Dhyana Yoga, has 47 verses in the usual 700-verse count.
What is the main teaching of chapter 6?
The mind can be trained through practice and detachment.