Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8: Reaching the Divine

Now Krishna goes on to explain some esoteric aspects to Arjuna.

“Brahman is the Supreme Reality, beyond destruction; one’s self is Adhyatma; worldly activities are Karma; the ever-changing physical manifestation is Adhibhuta; the Universal Godly form presiding over celestial entities is Adhidaiva. And I, dwelling in every being, am Adhiyajna, the Lord of Sacrifices!

Those remembering Me, the Supreme Divinity, while dying- the shedding of the body- are sure to come to Me, but that remembering is possible only through constant contemplation on Me. So, Oh Arjuna, always surrender your mind and intellect to Me, and fight the war; you would definitely reach me!    

God is of an inconceivably divine form, most ancient, omniscient, subtlest, brightest, beyond the darkness of ignorance and support-incarnate. The one who, with Yog practice, fixes the life-force between the eyebrows and remembers the Lord at death attains Him, for certain. Restraining the bodily gates, fixing the mind to the heart and drawing the life-breath to head, establish in Yogic concentration to enter the divine.  

Once they attain Me, the great souls are beyond further rebirth in this miserable, transient world.

Brahma’s every day and night lasts a thousand 4-epochs cycle. All lives emanate at this daybreak from an un-manifest source and return there at nightfall. Innumerable cycles of such births, deaths and rebirths keep on happening. But there is also an eternal dimension, transcendental to this creation, which is My Supreme Abode, reaching which none returns to the realm of this mortal world. Though the Supreme pervades all, and all beings reside in Him, devotion is the only way to know Him.   

There are ways of dying, of which one leads to liberation and the other to rebirth. Those who realize Brahman, the Supreme and depart during the Sun’s 6-monthly Northern course, Moon’s bright fortnight and in bright-day time, reach the no-return destination; whereas those practising Vedic rituals, and pass away during the Sun’s Southern course, Moon’s dark fortnight, and night, reach celestial abodes, enjoy pleasures, and are back again on earth. Thus light takes one to liberation and darkness, to rebirth.    

So, be in Yog, in union with the Almighty, always. The Yogis, who are aware of this secret, reach My Supreme Abode!”

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