The Bhagavad Gita is a dialog between Lord Krishna and Arjuna. This dialog is taking place on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. There, in the middle of the battlefield, Lord Krishna, during the course of His most interesting and instructive talk with Arjuna, reveals the profound, sublime and soul-stirring spiritual truths. The eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad Gita expound the rare secrets of the different yoga paths.
In chapter six of the Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna gives many practical hints on the practice of meditation.
These instructions include where to sit and in what posture, how and where to fix the mind and what is the goal and object of meditation. He describes what qualities are essential for success in meditation and what the means are to attain them. He explains how one should conduct oneself in daily life for the purpose of supporting meditation and how the turbulent and unyielding mind should be controlled.
Arjuna wishes to know the fate of the aspirant who fails to realize the goal of meditation in spite of his faith and sincerity. Will the practice and spiritual effort invested during the life of the such a yogi be lost and regarded as done in vain? Discuss this quandary and more as you study the Yoga of Meditation.