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The Bhagavat Gita

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W herever a being may be born, Arjuna, know that
My Prakrti is his Mother, and I [Purusha] am the Father who gave him life.

quote 3616 | The Bhagavat Gita
14:4; based on Mascaro, Juan, 1962

H e who knows that he is, himself, the Lord of all, and is ever the same in all, immortal though experiencing the Field of mortality, he knows the truth of existence.

And when a man realizes that the Purusha in himself is the same Purusha in all, he does not hurt himself by hurting others. This is the highest knowledge. He who sees that all actions, everywhere, are only the actions of Prakrti, and that the Purusha is the witness of these actions, he sees the Truth. ...

quote 3615 | The Bhagavat Gita
13:27-34; based on Mascaro, Juan, 1962

O nly by love can men see Me and know Me, and enter into Me.
He who works for Me, who loves Me, whose supreme Goal is Me, free from attachment to all things, and with true love for all creation, he, truly, becomes one with Me.

quote 3614 | The Bhagavat Gita
11:54-55; based on Mascaro, Juan, 1962

I f the light of a thousand Suns suddenly arose in the sky, that splendor might be compared to the radiance of the supreme Spirit. And Arjuna saw in that radiance the whole universe in its infinite variety, standing in one vast Unity as the body of God.

quote 3613 | The Bhagavat Gita
11:12-13; based on Mascaro, Juan, 1962

T heir thoughts are on Me, their life is in Me, and they give light to all. They speak always of Me, and in Me they find peace and joy.
To those who focus their minds on Me, who worship Me with their love, I give the yoga of vision whereby they come to Me.
Give Me your mind and give Me your heart; give Me your offerings and your adoration. Thus, with your soul focused solely on Me as your supreme Goal, truly, you shall come to Me.

quote 3612 | The Bhagavat Gita
10:8-10 and 9:34; based on Mascaro, Juan, 1962

A t the end of the 'night' of time, all things return to My Prakrti; and when the new 'day' of time begins, I bring them again into manifestation.

Thus, through My Prakrti, I bring forth all creation, and all these worlds revolve in the cycle of time. But I am not bound by this vast display of creation; I exist alone, watching the drama of this play. I watch, while Prakrti brings forth all that moves and moves not; thus the worlds go on revolving. But the fools of the world know Me not; ... they know not the supreme Spirit, the infinite God of all.

Still, there are a few great souls who know Me, and who take refuge in Me. They love Me with a single love, knowing that I am the Source of all.

They praise Me with devotion; ... their spirit is one with Me, and they worship Me with their love. They worship Me, and work for Me, surrendering themselves in My vision. They worship Me as the One and the many, knowing that all is contained in Me.

quote 3611 | The Bhagavat Gita
9:7-15; based on Mascaro, Juan, 1962

W hen that 'day' comes, all visible creation arises from the Invisible; and when the 'night' of dissolution comes, all creation disappears.

quote 3610 | The Bhagavat Gita
8:18; based on Mascaro, Juan, 1962

I am hidden by My veil of Maya, and the deluded people of the world do not know Me, the Beginningless, the Eternal. ... But the man of vision and I are one. His Self is Myself, and I am his sole trust.

At the end of many lives the man of vision comes to Me. "God is all," this great man declares. But how rarely is such a man found!

quote 3609 | The Bhagavat Gita
7:25 and 7:18-19; based on Mascaro, Juan, 1962

T he three gunas comprising Prakrti come from Me, but I am not in them; they are in Me. The whole world is under the delusion of My Maya (appearance) and knows not Me, the Eternal. This Maya of Mine is difficult to penetrate, but those who know Me go beyond My Maya.

quote 3608 | The Bhagavat Gita
7:12-14; based on Mascaro, Juan, 1962

I n this experience of Unity, the yogi is liberated, delivered from all suffering forever .... The yogi whose heart is still, whose passions are dissolved, and who is pure of sin, experiences this supreme bliss and knows his oneness with Brahman.

quote 3607 | The Bhagavat Gita
6:23-27; based on Mascaro, Juan, 1962

W hen the mind of the yogi is in peace, focused on the Self within, and beyond all restless desires, then he experiences Unity.
His mind becomes still, like the flame of a lamp sheltered from the winds.
When the mind rests in the prayerful stillness of yoga, by the grace of the One, he knows the One, and attains fulfillment.
Then he knows the joy of Eternity; he sees beyond the intellect and the senses. He becomes the Unmoving, the Eternal

quote 3606 | The Bhagavat Gita
6:18-21; based on Mascaro, Juan, 1962

W hen a man knows himself to be Brahman, his reason is steady, and all delusion is gone from him.
When pleasures come, he is not moved; and when pain comes, he is unmoved.
He is not bound by things without; within himself he enjoys happiness.
His soul is one with Brahman, and so he enjoys eternal bliss.

quote 3605 | The Bhagavat Gita
5:20-21; based on Mascaro, Juan, 1962

H e who knows me as his own divine Self breaks through the belief that he is the body and is not reborn as a separate creature. Such a one is united with me. Delivered from selfish attachment, fear, and anger, filled with me, surrendering themselves to me, purified in the fire of my being, many have reached the state of unity in me.

quote 3241 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 4:9-10, p. 86, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

B ut those who worship me with love live in me, and I come to life in them.

quote 3240 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 9:29, p. 135, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

S ome realize the Self within them through the practice of meditation, some by the path of wisdom, and others by selfless service. Others may not know these paths; but hearing and following the instructions of an illumined teacher, they too go beyond death.

quote 3239 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 13:24-25, pp. 171-172, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

A rguna:
Of those steadfast devotees who love you and those who seek you as the eternal formless Reality, who are the more established in yoga?
Krishna:
Those who set their hearts on me and worship me with unfailing devotion and faith are more established in yoga.
As for those who seek the transcendental Reality, without name, without form, contemplating the Unmanifested, beyond the reach of thought and of feeling, with their senses subdued and mind serene and striving for the good of all beings, they too will verily come unto me.

Yet hazardous and slow is the path to the Unrevealed, difficult for physical man to tread. But they for whom I am the supreme goal, who do all work renouncing self for me and meditate on me with single-hearted devotion, these I will swiftly rescue from the fragment's cycle of birth and death, for their consciousness has entered into me.

quote 3238 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 12:1-7, p. 162, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

I (God) am easily attained by the person who always remembers me and is attached to nothing else.

quote 3237 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 8:14, p. 126, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

M ake your mind one-pointed in meditation, and your heart will be purified… With all fears dissolved in the peace of the Self and all desires dedicated to Brahman, controlling the mind and fixing it on me (God), sit in meditation with me as your only goal. With senses and mind constantly controlled through meditation, united with the Self within, an aspirant attains nirvana, the state of abiding joy and peace in me.

quote 3236 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 6:12-15, pp. 105-106, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

B etter indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice (of religious ritual). Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results (of one's actions), because there follows immediate peace.

quote 3235 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 12:12, p. 163, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

A ttachement to the fruits of action binds a person to continual rebirth.

quote 3234 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 2:51, p. 67, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

Y ou have the right to work, but never to the fruit of the work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction.

quote 3233 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 2:47, p. 66, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

T hey are forever free who renounce all selfish desires and break away from the ego-cage of "I", "me", and "mine" to be united with the Lord. This is the supreme state. Attain to this, and pass from death to immortality.

quote 3232 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 2:71, p. 69, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

K nowledge is hidden by selfish desire - hidden by this unquenchable fire for self-satisfaction.

quote 3231 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 3:38-39, p. 79, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

I n this world there are two orders of being: the perishable, separate creature and the changeless spirit. But beyond these there is another, the supreme Self, the eternal Lord, who enters into the entire cosmos and supports it from within.

I am that supreme Self, praised by the scriptures as beyond the changing and the changeless. Those who see in me that supreme Self see truly. They have found the source of all wisdom, … and they worship me with all their heart.

quote 3230 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 15:16-19, p. 186, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

T hose who follow the path of spiritual wisdom) see that where there is One, that One is me (God); where there are many, all are me; they see my face everywhere.

quote 3229 | The Bhagavat Gita
BG 9:15, p. 133, The Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Tomales, CA.: Nilgiri Press, 1985.

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