Wisdom & Its Significance
Just as the One fire, having entered the world of forms, assumes each form, so does the One Atman in all beings assume different forms, and it is also beyond. Atman is just like fire. Fire takes the shape in whichever shape we put it. The Lord compares Atman to fire. Fire has no shape…
In the context of the theory of reincarnation, there are references in the Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 2 – verse 13 देहिनोஉस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा । तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥ 2.13 ॥ Just as the embodied in this body (passes through) childhood, youth, and old age, so does it pass into another body,…
When this Atman, which dwells in the body, gets detached and is freed from the body, what remains here (in this body). This is verily that. There is a direct reference to death, and it says that Atman leaves the body. We must understand that it is the conditioned consciousness, the jiva, which leaves the…
Lord describes the Supreme being with reference to the microcosm as the in-dweller is dwelling in the city of eleven gates. It is not born; there is no birth or death to Atman. It is even-minded because the Brahman within us is mentally renouncing all actions. Having meditated on this Self, one grieves not. Grief…
The city of eleven gates is indeed of the unborn, even-minded Self. Having meditated upon this, one grieves not, and the liberated one is ever liberated indeed. This is verily that. ‘This is verily That’ is again repeated here. This world is verily That Brahman. Brahman here is with reference to microcosm. In Bhagavad Gita…
Atman, the size of a thumb, resides in the middle of the body. Lord of the past and the future, henceforth (knowing that) fears no more. This is verily that. The Lord is referring to Atman, Purusha, which is described as the size of a thumb. Atman is the in-dweller and resides within the core…
Agni is symbolic of living a life of service and sacrifice. When you start working for a higher cause above yourself, you come to a point where you cease to exist, and only the cause exists. Sage Vyasa imbued a new meaning to yajna, which is to convert every action into worship. There is a…
Q: How do the past and the future destroy your peace of mind in the present? A: The mind is consumed by past attachments and future anxieties. So, these two forces take you away from being in the present. When you try and practise detachment to these qualities, automatically you remain in the present. You…
Wise people do not get carried away by the ephemeral and fall prey to immediate pleasures. They are able to differentiate between Nitya and anitya. Such people escape the suicidal urge of the deluded mind. As a result, they do not covet anything of others, living a life of immense satisfaction. By whom the end…
The Lord created the senses with outgoing tendencies; therefore, man beholds the external and not the internal Self. But a rare wise one desirous of immortality, with eyes withdrawn, sees the Atman within. Everyone is born with the senses that get attracted to the world and go outward towards the sense objects. Eyes want better…
