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title: "Verse 06.11 | Bhagavad-Gita: 06 - The Yoga of Contemplation - v1.4"
heading: "Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter 06"
subheading: "= 06.11 ="
updated: "2025-02-02T00:00:00+00:00"
words: 
url: https://ananda.icu/trans/bg/06/11
description: "The sixth chapter of Bhagavad-Gita explores dhyana-yoga, the path of union through contemplative practice. It discusses the state and effects of yoga, literally union, and the practices and path of the yogi, the contemplator on a quest for that union."
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śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya
   sthiram āsanam ātmanaḥ |
nātyucchritaṁ nātinīcaṁ
   cailājina-kuśottaram ||11||[↪](/trans/bg/06/11)
Abiding steadfast in a pure location,
the self unfluctuating on its throne;
Neither too high nor too low,
fabric or leather atop sacred grass.
Notes: Here _āsana_ is a seat, a throne, a sitting posture, and importantly, a stable internal seating for practice. It exists in a pure space, undefiled by engrossment with the world of duality and desire. It is neither too high or too low, nor too active or too passive. This seating is like a soft cloth placed atop sharp blades of kuśa-grass; and the true _āsana_ is a state of comprehensive balance between the polarities of the world of duality. The fabric is the unifying softness, the blades of grass are the specifying sharpness, and the yogi is seated in purity as the deconstructor and integrator of existence. The prescription in this verse should be understood and applied both externally and internally.

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