Buddhi Yoga, the yoga of equanimity, is mentioned in Chapter II of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna instructs Arjuna that he must renounce attachment to his former friends, teachers, and family and engage himself in battle, which was meant for upholding Dharma. Sri Krishna reminds Arjuna that the atman (the self) is different from the body and that the “Self neither slays nor is slain” (II:19). When buddhi (intellect) becomes established in jnana (knowledge), then liberation can be at hand. This knowledge requires equanimity. He says “Treating alike pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat, prepare yourself for battle. Thus you will incur no sin.” (II.38) The evenness of mind attained through buddhi yoga or the disciplined mind is described further by Krishna as the key to liberation: “He who has reached evenness of mind casts off both good and evil deeds in this life. Therefore, strive for yoga, which is skill in action. The wise who have attained evenness of mind ren