Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 6: The Path of Meditation

Bhagavad Gita 6.15

yuñjannevaṃ sadātmānaṃ yogī niyatamānasaḥ | śāntiṃ nirvāṇaparamāṃ matsaṃsthāmadhigacchati ||

Always disciplining the self in this way, the yogi whose mind is controlled attains the peace that rests in me and whose summit is final freedom.

Modern context

The key word is 'always'. A single session of meditation calms the mind for an hour. The peace described here comes from steady practice over a long time, and it builds slowly like fitness or a language. That peace is said to culminate in nirvana, a word that means 'blowing out', as a flame goes out. What goes out is the restless fire of craving, and what remains is peace that rests in the divine.