Yoga of Self -Control
One who does his duties properly and renounces the fruit of his action is a renunciant and a yogi
When all attachments towards sense objects and actions cease, and when all material impulses stop, one attains yoga. A person who has disciplined his mind can attain the supreme form of peace, that is part of the Supreme Parabrahman. So whether one attains elevation or degradation is up to one's mind. A mind that is under control is a friend, otherwise it is a foe.
A great yogi is impartial, he sees everything equally. It doesn't matter to him whether it is a friend or a foe, stone or precious metal, saint or sinner. He treats everyone equally.
The yogi who considers the pain and pleasure of others as his own is considered to be the best of all. That yogi who worships the Supreme Parabrahman in the oneness of understanding lives in Him, regardless of how his actions are.
A yogi who abides in the Supreme Parabrahman with full faith and devotion is most intimately united with the Supreme Parabrahman and considered the best of all,
A yogi with constant practice of meditation, free from any trace of evil, easily reaches Brahman and thus attains boundless happiness.
A sincere yogi, even if he falls from the path of yoga attains heaven. He stays there for eternity. Then he is allowed to be born in a congenial environment, where he can complete his practice and attain perfection. Such a birth is rare.
For someone who has just begun yoga, accomplishment of yoga can be attained only by action and for the one who has already attained yoga, perfection is possible through the termination of all activity.
Even one who merely enquires about yoga, transcends the ritualistic recitation of the Vedas.
Jnana and Nishkama karma are most important.
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