Bhagavad Gita 11

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om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

na tad bhAsayate sUryo na SaSAnko na pAvakah |

yad gatvA na nivartante tad dhAma paramam mama ||

(15.6) 11

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Neither sun nor moon nor fire illuminates It; having gone to It they never

return. That is My Supreme Abode.

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'When one sees him--

both the high and the low;

The knot of one's heart is cut,

all doubts are dispelled;

and his works come to an end.

In that high golden container is brahman,

stainless and partless, the brilliant light of lights!

This is what they know,

those who know the self.

There the sun does not shine,

nor the moon and the stars;

There lightning does not shine,

of the common fire need we speak!

Him alone, as he shines, do all things reflect;

this whole world radiates with his light.

Brahman alone here extends to the east;

brahman, to the west;

it alone, to the south, to the north,

it alone extends above and below;

It is brahman alone that extends

over this whole universe,

up to its widest extent.

(from Mundaka Upanishad, trans. Olivelle; OUP, 1996)

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>From BhaktiratnAvalI:

 

Neither fire, nor sun, nor moon, nor stars; neither the earth, nor water,

nor air; neither speech, nor thought can remove the tendencies of those who

entertain the idea of non-identity with the Self. However the Jnanis save

their followers, in a moment, because they have attained the knowledge of

the truth of Unity.

 

He who thinks that his body formed of wind, phlegm and bile is his self; he

who thinks that his wife and children and other relations are his own; he

who thinks that the idol of clay is his god; he who thinks that rivers and

pools are holy shrines but does not place his faith in the realisation of

the Jnanis is a veritable ass, the greatest fool of a beast.