"Having controlled senses and his mind and fixing his consciousness upon Me one must meditate on Me. For he, whose senses are mastered, is known to have a stable mind."
(Chap 2 -verse 61)
"Living in seclusion all by himself, the yogi who has controlled his mind and body, and is free from desires and void of possessions, should constantly engage his mind in meditation."
(Chap 6 -verse 10)
"Having firmly placed his seat in a spot which is free from dirt and other imputiries with the sacred Kusa grass, a deerskin and a cloth spread thereon one below other (Kusa below, deerskin in the middle and clothe uppermost), neither very high nor low."
(Chap 6 -verse 11)
"And occupying that seat, concentrating the mind and controlling functions of the mind and senses, he should practise the yoga for self-purification."
(Chap 6 -verse 12)
"Holding the trunk, head and neck straight and steady, remaining firm, fixing the gaze on the tip of his nose, without looking in other directions."
(Chap 6 -verse 13)
"Shutting out all thoughts of external enjoyments, with the gaze fixed on all the space between eye-brows. having regulated Prana (outgoing breath) and Apana(incoming breath), flowing within nostrils, he who has brought senses, mind and intellect under his control - such a contemplative soul intent on liberation and free from desire, fear and anger is ever liberated."
(Chap 5 -verse 27,28)
"Firm in the vow of complete chastity and fearlessness, keeping himself perfectly calm and with the mind held in restraint and fixed on Me, the vigilant Yogi should sit absorbed in Me."
(Chap 6 -verse 14)
"The state, in which, curbed through the practice of Yoga, the mind becomes still, and in which, realizing God through subtle reason (purified by meditation on God) the soul rejoices only in God."
(Chap 6 -verse 20)
He whose mind remains unattached to sense objects, derives through meditation the SATTVIKA joy which dwells in the mind; then that Yogi, having completely identified himself through meditation with Brahma, enjoys eternal Bliss."
(Chap 5 -verse 21)
The same verses repeats in Chap 18 as below:
"Endowed with untarnished intellect, and partaking of light, SATTVIKA and regulated diet, living in a lonely and unidentified place, having rejected sound and other objects of senses, controlled the mind, speech and body by restraining the mind and senses through firmness of SATTVIKA type, taking resolute stand on dispassion, after having completely got rid of attraction, aversion and remaining ever devoted to the Yoga of meditation, having given up egoism, violence, arrogance, lust, anger, luxuries, and having tranquility in heart - such a man becomes qualified for oneness with Brahma, who is Truth, Consciousness and Bliss. "
(Chap 18 -verse 51, 52, 53)
"Thus, constantly applying your mind to Me, the Yogi if disciplined mind attains the everlasting peace, consisting of supreme bliss, which abides in Me."
(Chap 6 -verse 15)
"As a light does not flicker in a windless place, such is stated to be the picture of the disciplined mind of the Yogi practising meditation on God."
(Chap 6 -verse 19)
"Having known Me in reality as the enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all worlds, and the disinterested friend of all beings, My devotee attains peace."
(Chap 5 -verse 29)
"The seers whose sins have been wiped out, whose doubts have been dispelled by knowledge, whose disciplined mind is firmly established in God and who are actively engaged in the service of all beings, attain Me, who is all peace."
(Chap 5 -verse 25)