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Re: [RamanaMaharshi] Bhagavad Gita Study Group V.4

 

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Re: [RamanaMaharshi] Bhagavad Gita Study Group V.4

om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

ahamAtmA guDakeSa sarvabhUtASayasthitah |

ahamAdiSca madhyam ca bhUtAnAmanta eva ca ||

(10.20) 4

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I am the Self, O Gudakesa [Lord of Sleep], who dwells in the Heart

of all beings. I am the beginning, the middle and, indeed, the end of

all beings.

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Note:

from Talks... nr.649:

''The Self am I, O Lord of Sleep,

In every creature's heart enshrined.

The rise and noon of every form,

I am its final doom as well . B.G. X.20.

Thus God is not only in the heart of all, He is the prop of all, He

is the source of all, their abiding place and their end. All proceed

from Him, have their stay in Him, and finally resolve into Him.

Therefore He is not separate.'

(Sri Ramanasramam; 1978)

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Gudakesa (the Lord of Sleep) is referred to in this verse. The Lord

of Sleep is awakened in the Self and has overcome the obstacles of

human conditioning, which obstruct the truth that the Self is

ever-realised. The appearance is just an appearance, a mere idea of

separateness, with as much substance as a mirage in the desert.

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> I AM THE SELF,O GUDAKESA.DWELLING IN THE HEARTS OF ALL BEINGS.I AM

THE

> BEGINNING AND THE MIDDLE

> AND THE END OF ALL BEINGS.

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> Note :When asked if there was not one verse which was the

quintessence of the

> whole Gita ,Sri

> Bhagavan indicated this verse from Ch.10 V.20