Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 6: The Path of Meditation

Bhagavad Gita 6.46

tapasvibhyo'dhiko yogī jñānibhyo'pi mato'dhikaḥ | karmibhyaścādhiko yogī tasmādyogī bhavārjuna ||

The yogi is greater than the ascetics, greater even than the learned, and greater than those who perform rites. Therefore be a yogi, Arjuna.

Modern context

The yogi stands above the ascetic, the scholar and the ritualist. Each of those has a part of the truth: discipline, knowledge, right action. The yogi unites them, with discipline that is not harsh, knowledge that is lived, and action that is offered. Then comes a simple command: be a yogi. It is not a suggestion to admire yoga or study it, but to become it.