Bhagavad Gita 15

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samam sarveshu bhUteshu tishThantam parameSvaram |

vinaSyatsvavinaSyantam yah paSyati sa paSyati ||

(13.27) 15

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He, who sees the Supreme Lord abiding alike in all beings, the incorruptible in

the corruptible, he truly sees.

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note:

>From Upadesa Saram:

jagatISadhIyuktasevanam |

ashTamUrtibhrddevapUjanam ||

'Serving the world with intent on the Lord, is the worship of the divine bearing the eight

forms (earth, water, fire, air, space, sun, moon, jiva).'

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Q: How can daily life go on if the sight is fixed in this way? (i.e., In the

state where there is no existence of seer, seeing and seen.)

A: Jnanis fix their sight in the substratum (adhishtana) even during vyavahara

(worldly activities), because nothing else becomes the truth except adhistana.

To feel that there is earth in the pot is the proper attitude (i.e., see the

essence and not the form).

Q: A pot can be filled with water, but one cannot achieve the same result by

pouring water on the earth.

A: I do not tell you to see earth after breaking the pot. Even when the pot is

whole, you can see it in the form of earth. In the same way, the world can be

seen as the form of Brahman. To have knowledge of Brahman in the waking state

is similar to having the knowledge of clay in the pot. (from Swami Madhava

Thirtha's Converstions with Bhagavan)