Supreme Yogin

In the Bhagwad Gita, chapter two, Arjun asks Krishn, 'How does a sthitaprajna, a person of stable wisdom, speak? How does he sit? How does he walk?' Krishn says that one who thoroughly casts off all cravings of the mind and is satisfied in the Self is a sthitaprajna. For an equanimous mind, victory and defeat are the same. A person of stable wisdom is a yogi who has abandoned his sankalpas and is established in the Self.

For a yogi, rules of the external world do not apply, for he has a single-pointed focus on the Self. A true yogi renounces all dharmas and remains nishpaksh, neutral. She is not bound by the dharm of citizenship or national identity; she is not concerned with international borders as her attention is turned within, and in this ideal state, there is no subject-object duality; the bhokta, experiencer and experience stem from the same Self that is within and without. She remains equanimous, for she is unattached to friends and does not have enemies. Gita says that a yogi's chitt is subdued by practice of yog and she realises God through subtle reasoning purified by meditation. Hence, true yogis may have passports, Aadhaar cards and voter IDs, yet, it is not their dharm to vote or take sides in a war, for their primary objective is to attain the Supreme Self and guide others on the path.

The Gita says, 'He who looks upon well-wishers and neutrals as well as mediators, friends and foes, relatives and inimicals, the various and sinful with equanimity, stands supreme' (6.9).