| Bhagwad Gita : Lesson |
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| SUPREME SPIRIT | |
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| Those who are free from pride, who
have conquered the devil of attachment, whose mind is constantly dwelling in the Supreme
Self, whose selfish desires are completely pacified, who are free from the pair of
opposites such as gain and loss, pleasure and pain; such persons attain nirvana, the
goal of human birth. (15.05)
The Jeeva (Jeevaatma or the individual Self) in the body is Lord's eternal part as the sun's ray is eternal part of the sun. Atma or the spirit soul associates with matter or body and attracts the six senses. (15.07) As the air takes away the aroma from the flower, similarly the Jeevaatma takes the six senses from the body it leaves during death to another new body it acquires in reincarnation. (15.08) I (the Para-Brahma, Paramaatmaa, or the Supreme Spirit) am seated in the hearts of all beings. Memory, knowledge, as well as the removal of doubts and wrong notions about God by reasoning come from Me. I am known by the study of all the four Vedas. I am, indeed, the author of the Vedas and all other scriptures. (15.15) I am beyond the perishable body, and higher than the imperishable spirit or Atma; therefore, I am known in this world and in the Vedas as the Supreme Spirit, or Paramaatmaa. (15.18) CHAPTER SUMMARY: Chapter 14 discusses the three inherent Gunas or states of the material nature and their role in keeping the wheel of creation in motion. Each and everyone of us is a slave of Gunas/Karma and therefore we should look at both the saint and the sinner with equal respect. Chapter 15 discusses the Supreme Spirit and the individual soul or the Jeevaatma and the relationship between the two. |
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