Who is a real Yogi?

Today, we see Yogis all around in myriad shades and colors –

• with nicely shampooed well groomed long flowing hair, wearing heavily embroidered white satin gown;
• with bald head covered by a colorful turban, wearing equally colorful designer outfit;
• with well trimmed hair barring a pigtail, wearing fashionable jeans trousers and stylish tee-shirt; and so on.

Arjuna probably had anticipated this ;-)). He  asks Krishna - “How does a Yogi look like? How does he speak? How does he move around?”

Krishna does not give much importance to external looks but he says

"A yogi is one who has overcome all worldly desires and one who takes recourse to his own inner self, he being ever blissful. He never goes after sense pleasures nor does he get perturbed by miseries in life.

He has no fear of anyone or anything. He neither hates anyone, nor does he show undue attachment to anyone or anything.

Such a person has a steady unwavering mind, He is called "Sthitha Prajnya”

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Based on verses 2.54, 2.55, and 2.56, of Bhagavad Geetha, one of the most quoted and widely translated of the ancient Indian scriptures, believed to have been composed by Vyasa as part of the great Indian Epic Mahabharata, 5000 years ago. The interpretation of the verses and audio recital are by Dr.King (Copyright © 2018 Dr. King)