Guest guest Posted September 4, 2002 Report Share Posted September 4, 2002 Bhagavat Gita - 31 Creative Cycles (Chapter 8 verses 15-22) For those who attain to Me through the practice of this all-absorbing devotion, there is no return to this mortal sphere in the course of this endless cosmic cycles. For a thousand divine years, which is the day-time of Brahma, the creator, the Universe is manifest, and during the succeeding thousand years, the night of Brahma, it lies latent in Me. Thus all beings upto Brahma dissolve in Me and come out into manifestation. Only the devotee whose mind is ever fixed on Me, is able to come out of this eternally recurring cyclic process, fraught with impermanence and suffering. The manifested universe is My gross form, and the subtle state into which it relapses in dissolution is the casual state of that form of Mine. Transcending this universe in its gross and subtle conditions, but at the same time containing and indwelling them, is My supreme aspect, attainable by single minded and whole-hearted devotion. ============================================================================ Based on " Srimad Bhagavat Gita - The Scripture of Mankind " a translation by Rev Swami Tapasyanandaji, published by Sri Ramakrishna Math - Chennai. http://www.sriramakrishnamath.org/ -- --------------- Email: gokulmuthu Webpage: http://www.geocities.com/gokulmuthu/ --------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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